On Sunday, Nov. 18, at about 00:25 a.m., a fire occurred on the Haradh-‘Uthmaniyah gas pipeline, 30 km away from Hawiyah Gas Plant, where maintenance work for new tie-ins was being conducted.
Saudi Aramco announced the final number of fatalities caused by the fire accident at the Haradh-Uthmaniyah Gas Pipeline on November 18.
A total of 40 employees were killed in the fire: five Saudi nationals and employees of Saudi Aramco; and 35 contractor employees: one Saudi national, one South African, one Nepali, 18 Pakistanis, seven Bangladeshis, and seven Indians.
Nine workers of various nationalities were injured, six of whom were treated and released.