moving fire ripped through a small apartment in Jalawiya District here on Sunday killing a family of six, authorities said. The flames went up in the apartment, destroying almost everything. Four persons died on the spot and two others died later at a hospital of severe burns. With his bloodstains on the wall, the father managed to escape from a small open air-conditioner window after losing hope to save his two wives and four children. The man's fifth child survived the fire too. The man and his child have been admitted into the intensive care unit at a Dammam hospital. It was not known yet what caused the fire, said Lt. Gen. Hamid Al-Juaid, chief of Civil Defense in the Eastern province. “Investigation is under way,” he said. Fire crews fought the blaze, but there was little they could do. Grilled windows complicated the rescue operations, said Civil Defense spokesman in the Eastern Province. This is one of the worst losses of life in a single fire incident in the Eastern Province. – Okaz __
