Dubai: Fire breaks out in apartment, controlled in 20 minutes

The Dubai Civil Defence managed to control a fire that broke out in an apartment on Sunday.

The fire was reported at 11.41pm in a building in Satwa. Firefighters reached the site in under four minutes and evacuated the building “for residents' own safety”, Arabic media reports said, quoting a spokesperson of the civil defence.

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The firefighters managed to put the blaze out by 12pm. No casualties were recorded in the incident.

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The site has been handed over to the authorities concerned for further investigations.