Huge fire destroys warehouses in Sharjah's industrial area

 

Huge fire destroys warehouses in Sharjahs industrial area

Sharjah - The firefighting operation took nearly three hours.

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Afkar Ali Ahmed

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Published: Mon 18 Jul 2016, 7:27 PM

Last updated: Mon 18 Jul 2016, 9:53 PM

At least five warehouses located in Sharjah's industrial area no 4 were destroyed in a major blaze on Monday.
Warehouses belonging to a furniture factory and other companies were completely destroyed by a massive fire which erupted today at 3 pm.
No causalities were reported but the fire caused huge loss of property.
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Civil Defence official said that fire fighters from three fire stations including Samnan, Muwailih, Al Sajjah, immediately reached the site of the fire and managed to control the fire - preventing it from spreading to nearby warehouses and commercial outlets.
The operation took three hours before the cooling operation was started, the official added. 
He further added that the site has been handed over to forensic expert of the police for investigation to determine the cause of the fire. The warehouses contained flammable materials such as sponge, wood, fabrics, chemicals and diesel which caused a heavy plume of smoke that engulfed the Sharjah sky.
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