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Fire breaks out at UAE Foreign Ministry office in Dubai

A fire broke out in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Deira on Tuesday morning.

  • By Alia Al Theeb, Staff Reporter
  • Published: 12:59 February 26, 2008
  • Gulf News

Dubai: A fire broke out in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Deira on Tuesday morning.

The fire started in the control room on the third floor of the building on Al Maktoum Street at around 8am.

Civil Defence took 30 minutes to extinguish the fire.

There were no injuries reported.

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