February 17, 2014: The burnt remains of a worker were recovered by police following a fire that broke out at a warehouse in Industrial Area 13 in Sharjah. The fire destroyed warehouses containing auto spare parts, metal and aluminium equipment, furniture, clothes and storerooms containing perfume and oil.
June 3, 2013: A three-year-old Emirati twin died in a blaze that broke out on the ground floor of a two-storey villa in Fujairah.
May 7, 2013: Three people died and eight others suffered minor injuries in a fire that broke out in an Airport Road building in Abu Dhabi.
August 7, 2012: Six people were killed in a blaze that struck a villa in Ajman.
December 22, 2011: Two people were killed and one person was injured in a fire which erupted in an 11th-floor flat in a building situated on Al Jawazat Street (Al Falah) intersection with Al Murour Street, Abu Dhabi.
July 1, 2011: Five Asians were killed in a fire that broke out in a workers’ accommodation in Idhn area of Ras Al Khaimah.
April 14, 2010: A Pakistani driver was killed while eight others were severely burnt when an air-conditioner exploded and caught fire in their room in a poorly maintained workers’ accommodation in Al Aweer.
December 17, 2009: Two people died and 32 others were injured in a fire that ripped through an eight-storey building in Abu Dhabi.
June 25, 2009: A couple were burnt to death and a young man was injured in a fire that destroyed a villa in the Nayadat district in Al Ain. The fire somehow broke out late in the night and spread swiftly, giving the couple no chance to escape.
May 2, 2009: Two people died and 27 injured in a fire that erupted in a residential building in the Al Ain’s downtown commercial area
August 26, 2008: Eleven workers died in a fire that broke out in a bachelor accommodation in Naif area.
March 27, 2008: Two people were killed and five were injured when a huge fire engulfed warehouses in Al Qouz after an explosion in a fireworks warehouse.
October 29, 2007: Ten workers suffered severe burns, two others sustained moderate injuries and five workers were killed when a massive fire broke out at Al Sharq lubricant factory, which spread to a nearby paper factory and glass factory.
January 18, 2007: Two workers died and 37 were injured when a fire broke out in a high-rise building along Shaikh Zayed Road, opposite Dubai Marina.
July 2, 2006: Fire sweeps a mattress factory in Sharjah Industrial Area No 10 with an estimated loss of more than Dh13 million.
January 27, 2006: Two people were killed and more than 200 were injured in a massive blaze that engulfed the two-storey building in Sharjah.
