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Ajman Civil Defence avert tragedy, douse diesel tanker fire

  • 30 Mar 2020
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Partially burnt tanker seen at the accident site.

Sohaila Ahmed, Staff Reporter

Ajman Civil Defence teams on Sunday successfully put out a fire in a diesel tanker on Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road.

The driver of the tanker reportedly lost control over steering wheel and the vehicle swerved and crashed into a road barrier causing a massive blast sound.

The crash ignited sparks that immediately caught fire. No one was injured in the accident.

A call was received by the operations room around 9:00pm reporting about the accident.

Civil Defence teams reached the accident site in a record time, and successfully contained the blaze.

Civil Defence later handover the crash site to Ajman Police.

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