Riyadh: A huge fire gutted fifty shops located at a two-storey mall in the Governorate of Masheet, Saudi Arabia.
According to a report in Arabic language daily Sabq, The blaze which devastated the shopping area spewed huge columns of black smoke which were seen billowing from far.
Fifteen Civil Defence teams of firefighters battled to contain the fire and put the blaze out in three hours before it could spread to neighouring shopping outlets and residential areas.