Timeline - High-rise building fires in the UAE
18 November 2012
A massive fire broke out at Tamweel Tower in Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT) at around 2am in Dubai. No injuries were reported
06 October 2012
A fire in a 13-storey Saif Belhasa building in Tecom, Dubai injured 2 people and damaged at least 9 floors
28 April 2012
Hundreds of family were displaced after a massive fire broke out in the 40-storey Al Tayer Tower near Al Nahda park in Sharjah
25 January 2012
A fire broke out in Al Baker Tower 4 near Al Tawun Mall in Sharjah. The fire was caused by a lit cigarette that was thrown off the balcony from an upper floor and landed on the balcony on the first floor.
22 December 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
08 November 2011
A massive fire broke out at a high-rise residential tower in Al Nahda area in Shrajah that left 6 people injured.
28 August 2010
About 139 people from 29 families were left homeless after a fire gutted an eight storey building on Airport Road in Abu Dhabi
06 July 2010
A fire broke out in a 14-storey building in Bu Tinah area, Sharjah spreading panic among residents
13 June 2010
Two apartments were destroyed in a fire that broke out at in a 11-storey building in the Tourist Club Area (TCA) in Abu Dhabi
Compiled by Gulf News Archives
