Fire breaks out in an apartment building in Umm Al Quwain - GulfToday

Fire breaks out in an apartment building in Umm Al Quwain

  • 17 Oct 2019
Ajman-fire-web

The photo has been used for illustrative purposes.

Fire broke out in an apartment building in Al Rawdha area of Umm Al Quwain on Thursday morning.

The fire brigades of the Civil Defence Department in Umm Al Quwain were able to control the fire.

The building where the fire broke out is identified as Al Reem building. The civil defence got to the building in time and evacuated the 120 residents as quickly as possible.

Colonel Dr. Salim Hamad Bin Hamda, Director of Umm Al Quwain Civil Defence Department, has confirmed that temporary housing has been provided to families that got their apartments damaged.

No casualties were reported.

Related articles

Civil defence teams from three emirates control scrap ship fire in UAQ

According to official sources, the firefighting teams were dispatched to a pier in Al Rafa area in Umm Al Quwain as soon as the operation room was alerted about the fire on Monday morning.

23 Aug 2021

VIDEO: Massive fire guts a factory in Umm Al Quwain

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saud, Crown Prince of Umm Al Quwain, who was following up on the incident, praised the efforts of the civil defence teams, who were able to efficiently control the fire.

23 Oct 2020

Driver arrested after knocking down woman on bicycle

The traffic patrols at the Umm Al Quwain Police have caught the driver who hit a woman riding a bicycle and fled the scene, the police confirmed on Friday evening. The driver has been monitored and arrested within three hours from occurrence of the accident.

20 Dec 2019

Umm Al Quwain offers 50% discount on traffic fines

On the occasion of the 50th National Day of the United Arab Emirates, Directorate General Of Umm Al Quwain (UAQ) police launched an initiative to offer 50% discount on traffic fines registered before Oct.31 from Dec.1, 2021 until Jan.6, 2022.

23 Nov 2021

Most Popular Stories

Other Articles

Sharjah activates WhatsApp number 065015161 for flood-affected residents

The team was directed to receive requests via the WhatsApp application through the number 065015161, and to send the data to the affected families, based on which urgent measures can be taken.

8 hours ago

UAE President receives Australian Minister for Defence, Albanian Minister of Interior

During the meeting, which took place at Qasr Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed and Richard Marles discussed areas of cooperation between the two countries and opportunities to develop ties, especially in defence and military affairs.

9 hours ago

Sharjah adopts new measures to deal with natural disasters in future

The council has also granted commercial and economic establishments the opportunity to postpone the payment of fees related to renewal and violations for one month. This takes into account the damages they suffered from heavy rain.

10 hours ago

Dubai launches community initiative to support people affected by floods

The aim of the initiative is enhance the goals of the “Afflicted Support Committee”, which was formed under the directives of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, to support those affected in Dubai, and allowing private sector institutions, businessmen and all members of society to make contributions.

11 hours ago