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Civil Defence asks shopowners to follow safety rules
Civil Defence called on owners of shops and warehouses to abide by safety storage standards approved by the civil defence to avoid fires.
- By Alia Al Theeb, Staff Reporter
- Published: 00:05 April 3, 2008
Dubai: Civil Defence called on owners of shops and warehouses to abide by safety storage standards approved by the civil defence to avoid fires.
The call comes in the wake of a number of fires that have broken out in Dubai lately in clustered warehouses and shops, which contributed in spreading the fire on a larger scale.
Last week, a fire gutted around 83 clustered warehouses in the Al Quoz Industrial area. Clustered warehouses and difficulty in reaching sources of fire had contributed in the spreading of that fire. Three people were killed in the incident.
Dubai Civil Defence's Operations Room received a report at 1.52am yesterday about a fire in Naif area. Firefighting and rescue teams from Al Ras civil defence station arrived to the scene at 1.58am and found the fire had spread to a large number of shops which sold clothes.
The spokesperson said the most dangerous issue facing firefighting teams while attending to a fire in a clustered establishment is the possibility of the fire spreading quickly.
"The benefit of keeping partitions between warehouses is to confine fire if it breaks out until firefighting team arrive," he said.
The spokesperson said if there were no partitions and everything was clustered, this will contribute in the fire spreading to adjacent areas and getting bigger.
He called on owners of warehouses and shops to strictly abide by safety standards of storage to avoid human and property losses.
Losses: Flammable materials
Major General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Acting Chief of Dubai Police, said Naif souq is the oldest market in Dubai and shops there are placed next to each other.
Naif Police Station is determining losses by calling shop owners of the shops. The shops that were saved are closed due to a power cut and until investigations are complete.
Al Mazeina said the cause of the fire has not been determined, although, such fires are expected as long as there are flammable materials like textiles around.
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