Car catches fire as three youths light smoking pipe

Sharjah - They were trying to smoke medwakh in their car when the car caught fire due to a leak in a perfume bottle.

Three youths received serious burns when their car caught fire as they tried to light a 'medwakh' (smoking pipe) in Sharjah's Al Buhairah Corniche recently.
The three Arabs - aged between 16 and 21 years - were trying to smoke the medwakh in their car in Al Fisht area, when the car caught fire due to a leak in a perfume bottle.
Police patrols, fire brigades and paramedics were dispatched to the site. The firefighters brought the blaze under control and the paramedics rushed the injured to Al Qasimi Hospital, where they are recuperating in a stable state.
The injured have been identified as A.M., 20, and H.M, 21, from Yemen; and A.G. 16, from Bahrain.
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