Abandoned oil storage tank catches fire

Mahmoud Muhsen, Staff Reporter

The Sharjah Civil Defence teams manged to bring under control a fire that erupted in an abandoned oil storage warehouse in Al Sajaa on Wednesday morning.

According to an official source, the operations room at Sharjah Directorate of Civil Defence received a report at 8:35am that a fire broke out in Al Sajaa Industrial Area. Accordingly, the Civil Defence vehicles rushed to the scene of the fire, where it was found that the flames resulted from the burning of oil remnants in three abandoned warehouses.

The teams began continuous operations to put out the fire until they were able to bring it under control within a period of 30 minutes. No casualties were reported, the source said, adding that the teams continued to cool the scene of the fire in order to avoid more flames. The scene will then be handed over to the competent authorities to uncover what caused the fire.

‘HASSANTUK’ FIRE ALARM: The Ministry of Community Development (MoCD) on Saturday announced its continuous efforts to provide free installation of ‘Hassantuk’ smart fire alarm system service for eligible beneficiaries in line with government directives to ensure safety of lives and property by expanding the installation, operation and management of fire alarm systems to include the Ministry’s beneficiaries.

The Ministry, in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior- General Directorate of Civil Defence and in partnership with Etisalat, have joined forces in September 2019 to sponsor the installation of Hassantuk smart fire system to villa owners who are registered under the social security scheme.

To date, Hassantuk has been installed in more than 9,500 villas, whereas the installation of appliances in residential villas for registered social security beneficiaries at the Ministry of Community Development will be completed within the next two years. This successful partnership has resulted in Hassantuk smart fire alarm system averting more than 70 fire outbreaks in beneficiaries’ villas across the UAE since 2019. ‘Hassantuk smart fire system (‘Protect You’ in Arabic) for Villas’ is a major initiative to provide end-to-end fire safety solutions to every villa in the UAE in support of UAE Vision 2021’s goal to make the UAE one of the safest countries in the world.