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Fire breaks out in residential building in Abu Dhabi's Al Dana area
Authorities urged members of the public to rely only on official sources for information about the fire
- PUBLISHED: Tue 8 Sept 2026, 10:01 PM UPDATED: Tue 8 Sept 2026, 11:17 PM
A fire broke out in a residential building in Abu Dhabi’s Al Dana area on Tuesday evening, September 8, 2026, prompting emergency response teams to the scene.
Abu Dhabi Police and teams from the Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Authority are currently responding to the incident on Khalifa Bin Zayed The First Street, authorities said.
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Authorities have urged members of the public to rely only on official sources for information about the fire and avoid circulating unverified reports.
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Further details about the cause of the fire or any casualties were not immediately available.
This was the third fire incident in Abu Dhabi in two days.
Earlier on Tuesday, Abu Dhabi authorities informed of a fire that broke out in a factory in the ICAD III Musaffah area. Authorities said that the fire had been brought under control on Tuesday afternoon, and that cooling and smoke extraction operations were currently underway. No injuries were reported.
Another fire incident was reported at a farm in Abu Dhabi’s Al Bahya area on September 7, which was later brought under control.
Abu Dhabi Police said firefighters had responded to the blaze that occurred on Monday evening and successfully contained it. No injuries were reported in this case, either.
