Mother and Three Children Die in Al Ramli Fire

Father returns home to find wife and three young children dead in flat blaze

TDT | Manama

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A 27-year-old mother and her three young children died after a fire broke out at their flat in Al Ramli. The woman’s husband, Hassan AbdulAl, was away when the fire started. He returned after the blaze broke out and found his wife and their children, aged five, three and one, dead.

The fire erupted in Flat 14 on the first floor of a residential building in Block 714 before spreading through the home. Civil Defence teams brought the blaze under control and evacuated the building.

The five-year-old child was found with a faint pulse, but efforts to save the child were unsuccessful. The mother and her two younger children also died. AbdulAl was later taken to hospital by ambulance.

The fire forced other residents to leave their homes, with families living in first-floor flats provided with temporary accommodation.

MP Hassan Ebrahim said housing had been arranged for residents who were forced to leave their homes.

“We must stand by the families forced from their homes and make sure they have what they need after this tragedy,” MP Ebrahim told The Daily Tribune.

He offered his condolences to the bereaved family, praised the efforts of Civil Defence crews and called for an investigation into the cause of the fire, along with measures to prevent similar incidents in the future.

Dr Salman Mohsen, a member of the Northern Municipal Council for the fourth constituency, said the council contacted the Housing Ministry to arrange repairs to the fire-damaged flat.

“We will stay in contact with the families and give them the help they need in the days ahead,” he told The Daily Tribune.

Chief of Police Lieutenant-General Tariq Al Hassan visited the scene, where police, Civil Defence crews and representatives from the Interior Ministry, Northern Governorate and Housing Ministry were also present.

The cause of the fire remains unknown, with authorities continuing their investigation into how the blaze started.