SAMTAH, Jazan — Two women and a man were taken to hospital due to smoke inhalation after a fire in a shopping center here. Samtah Civil Defense spokesman Ismael Tawaf said the Civil Defense received reports of a shopping center on fire in downtown Samtah. The shopping center was part of an apartment complex and smoke from the fire was visible from 2 kilometers away. Cleaning supplies and chemicals stored in the center are believed to have fanned the fire. Civil Defense firefighters doused the fire before it reached other apartments in the building. Residents were evacuated. Three people suffered from smoke inhalation and were taken to the hospital. The Civil Defense estimated the cost of the damage to be around SR3 million.