Portakabin gutted

The portakabin belonged to a construction company that was doing maintenance work at the school.

The operations room of the Dubai Civil Defence received information around 10.30am that a fire had erupted in a portakabin in the school’s backyard. Firefighters from Qusais Civil Defence station rushed to the site, evacuated the students and put out the fire within 15 minutes.

In another incident, a car parked in a parking area near Millennium Hotel in Dubai caught fire and was burnt completely. Nobody was injured.