Jeddah water tank collapsed by accident: no explosion, no injuries

✕ The claim

Water tank explosion in Jeddah: streets flooded, hospitals overflowing with injured amid a major media blackout.

✓ The facts

Jeddah Civil Defense said on 20 October that a private company's temporary water tank collapsed accidentally near the University of Business and Technology. No one was injured; several cars were damaged. There was no explosion, and the incident was publicly reported.

What we don't know yet

The cause of the collapse. Civil Defense described it as an accident and gave no further detail.

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