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Civil defense and maintenance teams battle to put out a fire that broke out at an electricity plant in Riyadh. (Civil Defense)
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Civil defense and maintenance teams battle to put out a fire that broke out at an electricity plant in Riyadh. (Civil Defense)
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Civil defense and maintenance teams battle to put out a fire that broke out at an electricity plant in Riyadh. (Civil Defense)
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Civil defense and maintenance teams battle to put out a fire that broke out at an electricity plant in Riyadh. (Civil Defense)
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Civil defense and maintenance teams battle to put out a fire that broke out at an electricity plant in Riyadh. (Social media)
Updated 01 October 2018
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Huge fire breaks out at power station in Riyadh, electricity cut off

Updated 01 October 2018
Arab News

JEDDAH: A huge fire broke out at a power plant in Riyadh on Monday sending a ball of flames leaping 10 meters into the air. 
The blaze broke out inside a transformer at the plant in the city’s Al-Nafil district.  Firefighters  were battling to bring the blaze under control.
Video footage posted on social media showed the dramatic fire, with thick black smoke rising into the air and people watching in the street.

The Saudi Electricity Company said no one had been hurt but that power supplies to some nearby areas had been shut off. 
“Due to the need to extinguish the fire and to maintain safety, the station has been isolated and there has been a temporary partial shutdown in some neighboring areas until the fire has been extinguished, after which we will begin to gradually restore,” the company said.

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Red Sea cleanup initiative launches in Jeddah

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Red Sea cleanup initiative launches in Jeddah

  • The campaigners removed over 500 kg of waste and general pollutants, including more than 4,000 meters of abandoned fishing lines
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JEDDAH: A major cleanup initiative titled “Our Sea, Our Responsibility,” to safeguard the Red Sea’s marine ecosystems, was launched in Jeddah on Thursday.

The participants include the Saudi Red Sea Authority, Border Guard, Jeddah Municipality, Saudi Water Sports and Diving Federation, National Center for Wildlife, and General Organization for Conservation of Coral Reefs and Turtles in the Red Sea.

The initiative focuses on removing hazardous seabed debris that poses a direct threat to coral reefs and marine biodiversity, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

Special diving teams conducted underwater surveys and retrieval operations, followed by rigorous sorting, documentation, and safe disposal of recovered waste.

The campaigners removed over 500 kg of waste and general pollutants, including more than 4,000 meters of abandoned fishing lines.

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