ISLAMABAD – As the iconic cathedral of Notre Dame burned in Paris, a firebroke out at Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, reported Gulf News.link
A fire broke out at the roof of a structure known as Al Marwani prayer roomin Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
The blaze didn’t cause significant damage, but it did endanger a part ofthe worship site that’s over 2,000 years old.
The Palestine News Agency cited a guard as saying Monday that “the firebroke out in the guard’s room outside the roof of the Marwani Prayer Room,and the fire brigade of Jerusalem Islamic Waqf handled the mattersuccessfully.”
The fire brigade of the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf department managed tocontrol the blaze, while the area is currently closed to examine the causeof the fire.
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Al Marwani prayer room is located underneath the southeastern corner ofHaram Al Sharif, which contains both the Dome of the Rock and Al AqsaMosque.
The prayer room is an underground vaulted space used as a Muslim prayerhall, some 600 square yards in area, at the bottom of stairs which leaddown from Al Aqsa Mosque.
