Civil Defence officials at the accident site.

Sohaila Ahmed, Staff Reporter

A huge fire erupted in a warehouse in Al Quoz Industrial Area 3 on Monday and was successfully contained by civil team.

No casualties were reported.

Civil defence teams received information at 1:17pm that a fire broke out in a warehouse containing plastic and paper materials.

Civil teams, police patrols and ambulances reached the scene within 5 minutes, and the fire was put out by 2:15pm in a record time.

Further investigations are taking place to identify the reasons behind the fire.