![Strong wind and rains reportedly uprooted trees and rocked cranes in the area around the Grand Mosque [AP]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vsnBwJwp4J9CaLhTXWnief8cQehjk44SvBtgXWkvRwcTNw0HoxL7R6A8XmKp_PvoWbkLvd7re1cftCtlwDgcfWjQYfVJtf8DXZdR-5odDuy5RaDrFtooILEZg3dTB5_PfdB9bryCWhNCr-iyjNEPLrc7UkaNav6v2tqtemhVo1Uo5pEisL644bd_I6SzC4JpWYWFANEPMCZgLw=s0-d "Saudi crane collapse kills 107 in Mecca Grand Mosque")
In addition to the deaths, 238 people were wounded in Friday Sep 11,2015 disaster, according to Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence Authority.
![Strong wind and rains reportedly uprooted trees and rocked cranes in the area around the Grand Mosque [AP]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sI9NGVuuxkNuQOH78LweV1FBTy_3-L1YntT2Pr5R7ciqoCIpsRDHSIQLS-JAiR5YjGWQJcNARiiZJpKIETqQwdeJXMmPxjU6onZ-_4Z7piPbOrD9M7ynB8VMLITDrUMaxnwmuejNq2eQXQbGyIjc7U90F84_u1nfj1ms-v__IMS3cRTYSKIoLEvMsaGmbimczs_UTdxogatg=s0-d "Saudi crane collapse kills 107 in Mecca Grand Mosque")
A statement by a spokesperson for the administration of the mosques in Mecca and Medina said the crane toppled in the part of the Grand Mosque where worshippers circle the Kaaba - the black-clad cube towards which the world's 1.6 billion Muslims face to pray.
Witnesses told that the crane fell on the third floor of the Grand Mosque at around 5.30pm on Friday.
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