Pictures And Videos: 21 Gazans died after fire broke out in Jabalia
Gaza Strip (QNN)- 21 Gazans died after a fire broke out in a residential building in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday evening.
Health officials and local sources confirmed that residents and family members of the Abu Raya family were attending a party celebrating their sons homecoming from overseas and getting a PhD.
21 people, including 14 children, five women and two men, were killed in the fire that broke out in the apartment building.
Gaza’s interior ministry said the fire was caused by large amounts of gasoline improperly stored, fuelling the blaze that quickly engulfed the building.
There were no survivors among those present in the apartment, the ministry said.
Footage and pictures circulating on social media show the whole residential building caught fire in, sending huge flames and smoke from the site.
Witnesses said they could hear screaming but they could not reach the people to offer help because of the intensity of the fire.
At least 21 Palestinians were killed tonight and several others injured when a fire broke out in a building where residents were attending a party in the town of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/VDnNay4aGX
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) November 17, 2022
Breaking| 4 Palestinians have died after a huge fire broke out at a residential building in Tal Al-Zaatar neighborhood, north of Gaza. pic.twitter.com/XPp5spxf63
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) November 17, 2022
صور| طواقم الدفاع المدني تعمل على إخماد النيران في بناية سكنية بمخيم جباليا؛ لإخلاء الوفيات ومنع تمدد الحريق لمنازل أخرى.#غزة pic.twitter.com/gCvXTkqXV6
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) November 17, 2022
Following the tragic incident, President Mahmoud Abbas declared mourning for one day today.
