2012 Villaggio Mall fire

2012 Villaggio Mall fire
	Villaggio Mall in January 2020, about 8 years after the fire.
	The site of the fire.
Date	28 May 2012
Time	11:30 (08:00 GMT)
Location	Villaggio Mall, Doha, Qatar
Coordinates	25.2602535°N 51.4436073°E
Cause	Electrical fault
Deaths	19
Non-fatal injuries	17
Sentence	6 years in prison.

The 2012 Villaggio Mall fire occurred at 11:30 on May 28, 2012 in Villaggio Mall, Doha, Qatar.[1] The fire left at least 19 people dead and another 17 were injured.[2] The fire is reported as having started in the facility's nursery, and 13 of the victims were children.[1] Five people were later found guilty of death by negligence after the blaze.

Sheikh Ali Bin Jasim Bin Al Thani, and his wife giving 6 years in jail and they ordered to pay victims' families blood money. The Villaggio Mall was set to be reopened in 20 September, 2012.[3]

Fire

The fire was started in the Gympanzee daycare with electrical fault in 11:05. A few moments later, a fire quickly spread through the Luxurious Doha shopping mall before the police and the firefighters coming. In 11:34, there are so many Doha firefighters started to extinguishing a fire inside Doha shopping mall blaze.

References

"Blaze at Qatar shopping centre kills 19". BBC News. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
"Nineteen killed in fire at Qatar's Villagio Mall". Gulf News. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
"5 detained in probe of deadly Qatar mall fire". CNN. May 31, 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

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[:0-1] "Blaze at Qatar shopping centre kills 19". BBC News. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[2] "Nineteen killed in fire at Qatar's Villagio Mall". Gulf News. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[3] "5 detained in probe of deadly Qatar mall fire". CNN. May 31, 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2021.