Middle East

Fire at sugar refinery in Jeddah injures 16

Doha: 16 people were injured in a sugar factory fire in Jeddah Islamic Port over the weekend. Energy giant Saudi Aramco intervened to put out the fire. Aircraft and a number of land crews were deployed to put out the raging inferno that turned 100,000 tons of raw sugar into a molten caramel volcanic mountain.  [23/06/13]

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