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Team set up for probe into Jebel Ali port fire

Dubai Police Deputy Commander-in-Chief Dr Jamal Mohammed Al Merri told Khaleej Times that the team would assess the loss and investigate the cause of fire.

The team includes fire experts from General Department of Forensic Science and Civil Defence experts and officials from the Safety and Security Department in the Dubai Municipality.

After completion of investigation, the team would submit a report to the authorities concerned.

An internal committee has also been set up by Dubai Ports World to investigate the cause of the fire, said Ahmed Abdul Hussein, Executive Director of Dubai Ports World. The committee is headed by the fire division of EHS, the Environment, Health and Safety Regulatory Authority of DP World.

Meanwhile, senior officials of the Environment Protection and Safety Section in the Dubai Municipality have said that they were taking all possible measures to prevent any environmental hazard resulting from the blaze.

They said that one of their primary aims was to ensure that the water used by the Dubai Civil Defence to extinguish the flames do not enter the sea as that could pose a threat to the marine life. Rashid Mohammed Karkin, Head of Environmental Planning Unit, said, “There was a lot of water used to douse the flames. And all that water got mixed with the chemicals and is contaminated. We have not allowed the contaminated water to run into the sea as it could pose a threat to the marine life. The water is being collected and taken to the treatment plant at Jebel Ali.”

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