The Fourth High Criminal Court adjourned the case of an employee in the Civil Defense, accused of receiving bribery in return for offering a service to one of the companies, to December 18 for pleading.

The Bahraini Ministry of the Interior said that the civil defense began more than 37 rescue and assistance requests following the wave of heavy rains that hit the country.

The Bahraini Civil Defense forces evacuated a building belonging to a company in the "Bu Ashira" area near Kuwait Street in the capital province after a fire broke out.

The General Directorate of Civil Defense managed to contain a fire that broke out Friday evening in iron wastes in the scrap yard behind Bahrain Aluminium (Alba).

A major fire broke out in a steel factory at Salman Industrial City. The Civil Defence controlled the fire with 17 vehicles and 74 personnel. The cooling operation immediately commenced to prevent another outbreak of fire.