A hotel in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca, where two million Muslims will perform the annual hajj pilgrimage was evacuated earlier today after a fire broke out.
According to Civil defence spokesman Nayef al-Sharif ,no casualties were reported in the fire which was sparked by a faulty air conditioning unit on the eighth floor of a hotel in the Azaziyah district of Mecca.
All 600 residents most of whom had come from Turkey and Yemen for the hajj pilgrimage were evacuated and have since returned to the hotel.
The hajj draws Muslims from around the world to the western Saudi Arabian city of Mecca, birthplace of the Prophet Mohammed and the most revered site in Islam.
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