On receiving word of the blaze, five fire tenders were rushed to the spot and brought the flames under control after evacuating residents from the building.
During the press briefing, State Department spokesperson Mathew Miller said, "It has been a top priority for the United States to get Rafah open, not just for the trucks coming in, but for US nationals and other foreign nationals coming out."
While a humanitarian corridor has been opened to enable civilians to move out of the war-torn Gaza Strip into Egypt, the Hamas terrorists were actively preventing Palestinians from evacuating to the south in order to protect themselves, the Israel Defence forces stated on Sunday.
As the evacuation of Indian citizens continues from Tel Aviv, all the other countries have also begun the process of evacuating their citizens from Israel.
The Embassy of India in Tunisia successfully repatriated 17 Indians from Punjab and Haryana on August 19, who were detained in Libya since February this year.
During the 20-minute exercise, the majority of the country's 51 million citizens will be required to practice evacuating to bunkers or underground safe areas
Himachal Pradesh students stranded in Manipur thanked Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu of Himachal Pradesh on Monday for evacuating them from the violence-hit state.
The J-K Students Association here today thanked the Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha-led government for safely evacuating the students who were stranded in violence-hit Manipur.