Two admitted to Oman hospital after fire in apartment

Muscat: Two people have been admitted to hospital with breathing uneasiness as a fire broke out in an apartment building in Al Khoud, Public Authority for Civil Defense and Ambulances (PACDA) tweeted on its official twitter handle.“The fire broke out at around 5:30am. The PACDA team were able to contain the fire spreading to other apartments and evacuate people without any major injuries,” PACDA tweet added. Recently, the PCADA said that electrical faults accounted for a third of all fires in 2015, and a rise in the number of fires last year. The highest number of cases last year was recorded in Muscat Governorate, officials reported. Fires caused by electrical malfunctions made up for 1,225 of the total incidents PACDA officers had to respond to in 2015, while heat transfers made up for the second-most common reason, with 1,018 instances recorded. Connection to a heat source was the third most common fault, with 743 cases recorded, according to PACDA’s annual data for 2015. Civil defence officers responded to 3,684 fire cases last year, compared with 3,335 in 2014. This reflects an increase of 349 fire cases from a couple of years back. The Muscat Governorate recorded the highest number of cases with 1,036, while North Al Batinah Governorate recorded 960 fire incidents, making them the two regions with the highest number of cases in the Sultanate.