Sixteen Useless, 9 Injured in Dubai Residential Constructing Fireplace – Native Media

DUBAI (Reuters) – Sixteen folks had been killed and 9 had been injured in a Dubai residential constructing hearth on Saturday, native newspapers stated on Sunday citing the Dubai Civil Defence.

The fireplace engulfed the five-storey constructing within the Al-Ras neighborhood, one of many oldest components of Dubai and residential to many migrant staff and merchants, on Saturday afternoon, in line with Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The Nationwide. Native media stated the fireplace had been put out.

“Preliminary investigations confirmed that lack of compliance with constructing safety and security necessities brought about the fireplace” the Nationwide stated citing a civil defence assertion.

(Reporting by Hatem Maher in Cairo and Nadine Awadalla in Dubai; Writing by Omar Abdelrazek; Modifying by Hugh Lawson)

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