Civil defence teams put out fire at Dubai warehouses in record time - GulfToday

Civil defence teams put out fire at Dubai warehouses in record time

  • 15 Nov 2020
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Sohaila Ahmed, Staff Reporter

 

Dubai Civil Defence teams put out a  massive fire that broke out in two warehouses in Ras Al Khor Industrial Area on Sunday.

 

There were no reports of any casualties.

 

Civil defence teams were alerted about the incident at around 11:30 am on Sunday, indicating that a fire broke out in two warehouses containing aluminium.

 

Civil and rescue teams arrived at the scene in 5 minutes and with the help of back-up teams that arrived to provide more support the fire was successfully controlled within a record time by 12:18pm.

 

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