沙特高铁车站发生火灾，至少5人受伤

沙特高铁车站发生火灾，至少5人受伤

A fire broke out in the Haramain high-speed rail station in Saudi Arabia's coastal city of Jeddah, injuring at least five people, authorities said on Sunday.

沙特官方周日表示，沙特沿海城市吉达的哈拉曼高铁车站发生火灾，造成至少5人受伤。

The fire, which caused plumes of black smoke to rise from the roof of the station after fire erupted at 12:35 p.m. (0935 GMT), was brought under control about 12 hours later, the civil defense service said.

据英国民防署表示，火灾发生在当地时间12小时35分(格林威治时间9时35分)，大约12小时后火势得到控制。

A cooling process was under way, it said. Civil defense fought the fire with air support, al-Ekhbariya state television footage showed.

该公司表示，冷却过程正在进行中。阿尔-埃赫巴里亚国家电视台的画面显示，民防部门在空中支援下扑灭了大火。

Five people were transported to hospital with injuries, the official Twitter account of the Mecca region reported. It said 16 medical teams were at the scene.

麦加地区官方推特账号报道称，有5人受伤被送往医院。报道称有16支医疗队在现场。

Al-Ekhbariya said four people were treated on site and traffic on the railway line had been suspended until further notice for safety reasons.

Al-Ekhbariya说，有4人在现场接受治疗，出于安全原因，铁路交通已经暂停，等待进一步通知。

The 450-km Haramain Railway linking the two holiest cities in Islam, Mecca and Medina, with the Red Sea city of Jeddah, was opened in 2018 and cost 7.3 billion U.S. dollars.

全长450公里的哈拉曼铁路连接伊斯兰教最神圣的两个城市麦加和麦地那，与红海城市吉达，于2018年开通，耗资73亿美元。

The station is part of efforts to boost tourism revenue as the country seeks to shed its dependence on oil exports.

随着中国寻求摆脱对石油出口的依赖，该站是提高旅游收入的举措之一。