Trapped desperate for help – Jambaliya refugee camp is one of eight in the Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million people and one of the most densely populated areas in the world.
At least 21 people died today in the fire that broke out in a building in her refugee camp Jambaliya at Gaza Stripas announced by Palestinian officials.
In videos shared by social media users, a building can be seen engulfed in flames. Eyewitnesses reported hearing screams from the trapped people desperately calling for help, but were unable to reach the building that had become engulfed in flames.
At least 21 people, 14 of them children, were killed in a fire that broke out in an apartment building in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Gaza’s interior ministry says the fire was caused by large amounts of gasoline improperly stored. pic.twitter.com/UoeDE2v6eN
— Ariel Oseran (@ariel_oseran) November 17, 2022
The Jabaliya refugee camp is one of eight in the Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million people and one of the most densely populated areas in the world.
The General Directorate of Civil Defense: 21 bodies were recovered from inside the residential building in which the fire broke out in Jabalia camp this evening, and they were transferred to the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/uCWd7K03Mn
— ehab M rida (@rida_ehab) November 17, 2022
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