Smoke billows from the residential tower under construction in Sharjah.

Mahmoud Muhsen, Staff Reporter

The Civil Defence teams in Sharjah are dealing with a fire that broke out in a residential tower under construction in Al Mamzar area. The teams managed to evacuate the workers from the tower while the police patrols were regulating the traffic movement around the building. 

Earlier, the Operations Room of the General Directorate of Civil Defence in Sharjah received a report at 6:55am, stating that a fire had erupted in a residential tower under construction.

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Accordingly, firefighting teams Samnan and Mina stations rushed to the scene to deal with the fire. Upon arrival, it was found that the fire broke out in the upper floors of the building. The firefighting teams began to deal with the fire and help workers evacuate the tower.

Residents of Al Khan and Al Majaz areas could see the fire on the tower, and promptly informed the emergency authorities.

The Sharjah Civil Defence teams are making all-out efforts to put out the inferno.

It is not clear how the fire started. There were no reports of any casualties or injuries.