Five people died and four others were injured in a fiery fire that gutted an apartment building in Al-Salmiyah on Monday, the fire department said.
Firefighters, in four minutes, arrived at the scene and immediately scrambled into action to douse the blazes that were raging at the five-floor building.
The firemen rescued nine persons including five whose condition was critical however they passed away before arrival at Mubarak Hospital. All the deceased were Asians. The others were whisked to the Amiri Hospital and their condition was pronounced as stable. The fire broke out in the fourth floor and smoke engulfed the fifth, which includes the victims' flat.
According to initial report, all the five who died are Bangladeshi nationals.