Nine teams of firefighting, three rescue groups, and thirteen fire extinguisher units in Riyadh were capable of controlling over the fire that broke out at 5:41 at dawn on 22-08-1429 e.
The fire broke out in the woodland of Bin Qasim in the southern city of Riyadh within the tents dedicated for selling the used clothes. But the civil defense teams were capable of preventing the fire from spreading to the other 118 tents. This topic is still under investigation in order to know the main reason behind this accident.
This was stated by the Informational Speaker in the directorate of the Civil Defense in Riyadh Captain Abdullah Bin Saleh Alagafari