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Fire at Mecca hotel, 1,000 pilgrims evacuated
timesofindia ^ | Sep 17, 2015, 07.17 PM IST | AFP |

Posted on 09/18/2015 6:39:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin

MECCA: About 1,000 Asian pilgrims were evacuated early on Thursday from their hotel in the Saudi city of Mecca, hit by a fire that injured two people, the civil defence agency said.

Firefighters "rescued two pilgrims who were hurt" by the fire in an eighth-floor room of the unnamed hotel, the agency said.

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The agency also did not give the nationality of the pilgrims, nor say what caused the blaze.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofindia.indiatimes.com ...


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To: BenLurkin

Got exited there for a second until I got past Pilgrims.


21 posted on 09/18/2015 8:20:23 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: BenLurkin

BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK


22 posted on 09/18/2015 8:42:50 PM PDT by beethovenfan (Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
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To: BenLurkin

Meanwhile, hundreds of women were burned to death after not being allowed to exit their hotel rooms without a related male escort.

Darn Republican war on women!


23 posted on 09/18/2015 10:18:46 PM PDT by Darth Reardon (Is it any wonder I'm not the president?)
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