{
  "id": 14653694,
  "title": "Three children killed, sister injured in bedroom fire in Saudi Arabia's Medina",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/three-children-killed-sister-injured-in-bedroom-fire-in-saudi-arabias",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T08:44:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/three-children-killed-sister-injured-in-bedroom-fire-in-saudi-arabias-medina-1.500711478"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A tragic fire in a bedroom in Medina, Saudi Arabia has claimed the lives of three young siblings and left their 14-year-old sister injured. The fire, believed to have been caused by an electrical short circuit, broke out around 9pm on Sunday in the Al Matar neighborhood while the children were asleep and their parents were at a medical clinic. The victims were Abdulaziz, aged two, Ziyad, 11, and Deem, five. Their older sister, Dana, survived the blaze and is currently hospitalized. Neighbors spotted smoke from the family's apartment and alerted the Civil Defence, who dispatched emergency teams to the scene. Both Abdulaziz and Ziyad were pronounced dead upon arrival at Medina Children's Hospital. Dana and Deem were taken to National Guard Hospital, with Deem succumbing to her injuries later. Funerals for the two boys were held at Al Baqi cemetery, followed by burials for five-year-old Deem and 14-year-old Dana, who remains hospitalized. The family's uncle, Ahmed Hamad Al Azizi, expressed the family's grief over the loss, praising God for their fate.",
  "summary": "Dubai: Three children have died and their 14-year-old sister was injured after a fire broke out in their bedroom in Saudi Arabia's Medina, reportedly caused by an electrical short circuit. The tragedy occurred at around 9pm on Sunday in the Al Matar neighbourhood while the four siblings were asleep and their parents had gone to a medical clinic, Saudi newspaper Okaz reported. The victims were…",
  "key_points": [
    "Three children, Abdulaziz, Ziyad, and Deem, killed in bedroom fire",
    "14-year-old sister Dana injured, hospitalized",
    "Fire believed caused by electrical short circuit"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}