Sudan fire kills nine

Fire tore through an apartment block in Port Sudan killing nine people in the city which the Sudanese army has made its base during fighting with rival paramilitaries, police said Saturday.

Emergency services rescued several people who had been trapped on the ground floor of the building when an electrical short circuit triggered the blaze.

At least four people remain in hospital but are in stable condition, the police said in a statement, without saying when the blaze took place.

Sudan has been gripped by war since April 2023.

The conflict between the regular army under Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, led by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, has left tens of thousands dead and forced more than 10 million from their homes, according to the United Nations.