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  2. 2023 Makkah hotel fire - Wikipedia

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    The 2023 Makkah hotel fire occurred on May 19, 2023, when a fire took place in a hotel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

  3. Mecca fire of 1997 - Wikipedia

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    The fire erupted in the overcrowded tent city, Mina, where an estimated two million Muslim pilgrims were gathered on for the first day of the Hajj, the ritualistic pilgrimage to Mecca. The fire erupted at 11:45 a.m. , [1] and was caused by exploding canisters of cooking gas, according to witnesses. The fire was fanned by winds of nearly 40 ...

  4. Grand Mosque seizure - Wikipedia

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    The Grand Mosque seizure, also known as the siege of Calamity, was a siege that took place between 20 November and 4 December 1979 at the Grand Mosque of Mecca, the holiest Islamic site in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

  5. Incidents during the Hajj - Wikipedia

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    15 April 1997: 343 pilgrims were killed and 1,500 injured in a tent fire. [15] The tents are now fireproof. 13 February 2002: Forty Hajj pilgrims from the UAE died when the bus they were traveling in collided head-on with a truck in Saudi Arabia's Al Ihsa province. 1 November 2011: Two pilgrims, a wife, and husband, died in a coach fire.

  6. Free Fire (video game) - Wikipedia

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    Free Fire Max is an enhanced version of Free Fire that was released in 2021. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] It features improved High-Definition graphics , sound effects , and a 360-degree rotatable lobby. Players can use the same account to play both Free Fire Max and Free Fire , and in-game purchases, costumes, and items are synced between the two games. [ 73 ]

  7. Mina, Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia

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    Mina (Arabic: مِنَى, romanized: Minā), nicknamed the "City of the Tents," [1] [2] is a valley located 8 kilometres (5 miles) southeast of the city of Mecca, in the district of Masha'er, Province of Makkah in the Hejazi region Saudi Arabia.

  8. 2002 Mecca girls' school fire - Wikipedia

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    A fire on 11 March 2002 at a girls' school in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, killed fifteen people, all young girls.Complaints were made that Saudi Arabia's "religious police", specifically the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, had prevented schoolgirls from leaving the burning building and hindered emergency services personnel because the students were not wearing modest ...

  9. Clock Tower Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Clock Tower Museum is a museum which occupies the top four floors of the Abraj Al Bait clock tower in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. [1] The museum, located at the highest point in Makkah, is operated by the Misk Foundation, a non-profit organization established by Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman.