Four people injured after debris falls on south Dubai houses

Four people were injured by debris from an interception that fell on residential houses in southern Dubai on Tuesday, authorities said, as Iran presses its Gulf campaign a month into the Middle East war.

The Dubai Media Office said on X, “Authorities confirmed that they are responding to an incident caused by shrapnel from a successful interception that fell on residential houses in southern Dubai.”

According to the Government of Dubai Media Office, the incident resulted in property damage and minor injuries to four Asian nationals.

Earlier in the day, an Iranian attack sparked a fire on a Kuwaiti oil tanker at Dubai Port, state media reported on Tuesday, as Tehran continues its campaign in the Gulf in response to US-Israeli strikes.

"The Kuwaiti giant crude oil tanker was subjected to a direct and malicious Iranian attack while in the anchorage area of Dubai Port in the UAE," official news agency KUNA reported, citing Kuwait's state-owned oil company.

There were no injuries, according to the report, and Dubai authorities later said firefighters had extinguished the blaze.

KUNA reported the tanker was fully laden at the time of the attack, which had caused "material damage to the ship's hull" and "the possibility of an oil spill in the surrounding waters."

Kuwait's military also said on Tuesday its air defences were responding to "hostile missile and drone attacks", according to an X post.

Tehran has threatened to target vital infrastructure across the Gulf, including energy sites.