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Authorities have put out a fire in a building in Sharjah within minutes of arriving at the scene.
The adjoining areas have been cordoned off after the building was evacuated as part of the safety measures.
Police cars and firetrucks line up on a busy street in Sharjah's Al Nahda area, where a fire had broken out in a building.According to eyewitnesses and residents, it was a kitchen fire on the 24th floor of the Buhairah Insurance building in Al Nahda that caused the incident.
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- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) January 7, 2020
Huge crowd outside the building that caught fire in Sharjah's Al Nahda area.Kenyan expat Desmond, a sixth floor resident of the high rise building, told Khaleej Times that the fire broke out around 9.30pm. "I was alarmed by the sound of police sirens and came down to see what was happening out of curiosity. It is then that I realised there was a massive fire in the 24th floor." The fire alarm did not go off, according to him, leaving scores of residents of the building unaware of the incident initially.
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- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) January 7, 2020
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