Watch the moment the main power station in Qurayyat exploded and passers-by fled

Written By سنان خلف on 2015/10/17

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArabiaWeather.com - A huge fire broke out at the main electricity distribution station in Al-Qurayyat Governorate, causing a power outage in the governorate, and plunged it into complete darkness.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The official spokesman for the Civil Defense in Al-Jouf region, Lieutenant Colonel &quot;Atallah bin Qaran Al-Ruwaili,&quot; confirmed that a fire and rescue team from the Civil Defense Department in Al-Qurayyat Governorate, started at two o&#39;clock this morning, Saturday, a fire accident in one of the breakers at the electricity distribution station in the governorate, the transfer station.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He added, &quot;The squad worked to extinguish the burning part of the cutter using manual chemical extinguishers and to carry out the necessary ventilation to expel the smoke resulting from the ignition at the site.&quot;</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The attached video shows the state of terror and panic that prevailed in the vicinity of the station, for fear of explosions.</p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

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