The municipality has been helping out residents combat the same in their day-to-day life by sharing information about preventive measures
The operations room of the Dubai Civil Defence received information of the incident around 3.21 pm, after which emergency vehicles were pressed into action.
Dozens of residents, many of them women and children, were evacuated, even as firefighters battled to extinguish the fire.
Ambulances and medical personnel present at the site provided assistance to some of the residents who suffered from suffocation.
The fire started on the first floor of the building and one flat was gutted.
The municipality has been helping out residents combat the same in their day-to-day life by sharing information about preventive measures
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