Dubai: Sixteen dead and nine injured in residential building fire
Dubai: Sixteen dead and nine injured in residential building fire
In Dubai, a fire in a residential building has led to sixteen deaths and injured nine people.
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No one has yet been arrested as part of the investigation into the fire [source: Getty]
Sixteen people were killed and nine were injured in a Dubai residential building fire on Saturday, local newspapers said on Sunday citing the Dubai Civil Defence.
The fire engulfed the five-storey building in the Al-Ras neighborhood, one of the oldest parts of Dubai and home to many migrant workers and traders, on Saturday afternoon, according to Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The National.
Local media said the fire had been put out.
"Preliminary investigations showed that lack of compliance with building security and safety requirements caused the fire" the National said citing a civil defence statement.
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