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Video: Sheikh Mansoor supervises Dubai fire operation

Dubai - Firefighters put out huge blaze; no injuries reported

Sherouk Zakaria

Published: Tue 1 Aug 2017, 5:24 PM

Last updated: Wed 2 Aug 2017, 12:56 AM

A huge fire broke out in Dubai on Tuesday afternoon.
According to initial reports, plumes of smoke filled the sky in Al Quoz after a fire broke out in a warehouse at around 5.15pm, around Al Manara street near Bounce (trampoline park).
Dubai Civil Defence immediately arrived at the site to douse the blaze around 5.19pm. Firefighters were able to control the fire by 5:40pm.
Firefighters from Al Quoz, Barsha and UAE martyrs fire stations participated in the operation.
The blaze affected two warehouses in the area, including a furniture and fabrics warehouses. No injuries were reported.
His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum also arrived at the site of the fire to supervise the progress of the operation:

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Workers had finished work and left the warehouse before the fire erupted, an employee told Khaleej Times.

#BREAKING: Huge fire breaks out in #Dubai https://t.co/PfPWmuHidh (KT/Sherouk Zakaria) pic.twitter.com/VDyTNqUjEE
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) August 1, 2017

#Breaking: Huge fire breaks out in #Dubai's Al Quoz https://t.co/PfPWmuHidh (KT/Sherouk Zakaria) pic.twitter.com/NbVcHh6BxW
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) August 1, 2017

VIDEO: Major fire breaks out in #Dubai's Al Quoz https://t.co/PfPWmuHidh
(KT/Juidin Bernarrd) pic.twitter.com/q1onsGSXzL
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) August 1, 2017

After the cooling operation, the fire will be handed over to police forensic to investigate the cause of the fire.
sherouk@khaleejtimes.com
(with inputs from Afkar Abdullah afkar@khaleejtimes.com)