(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) A least 21 Palestinians, including seven children, were killed
and more than 30 others were injured on Thursday in a massive fire
inside a residential building in the northern Gaza Strip, said
security and medical sources, trend reports citing al
arabiya .
Some of the injured people were in serious conditions and the
death toll was expected to rise in the fire that broke out in the
area of Tal-Za'tar in the Jabalia refugee camp, said Salah Abu
Laila, director of the Indonesian Hospital that received the
victims.
The Palestinian Civil Defense announced in a statement that it
had sent rescue teams and a number of security personnel to the
scene.
Palestinian eyewitnesses said ambulances and civil defense
personnel had already worked for hours to control the fire.
Preliminary investigations indicated that a large quantity of
fuel stored inside the building might have led to the fire, the
Ministry of Interior in Gaza said in a statement.
Local sources and eyewitnesses said that the residential
building belonged to the Abu Rayah family, which was celebrating a
family member's long-awaited return from Egypt when the fire broke
out.
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