UAE | General
Fire destroys electrical equipment stored in Al Ain warehouse
A fire destroyed electrical equipment stored in a private warehouse in Mezyyd District, Al Ain, on Monday afternoon.
- By Aftab Kazmi, Bureau Chief
- Published: 12:13 March 25, 2008
- Fire broke out at around 5pm in the warehouse, belonging to a general contracting company, and firefighters took several hours to put it off.
- Image Credit: Aftab Kazmi/Gulf News
Al Ain: A fire destroyed electrical equipment stored in a private warehouse in Mezyyd District, Al Ain, on Monday afternoon.
The fire broke out at around 5pm in the warehouse, belonging to a general contracting company, and firefighters took several hours to put it off.
Police and fire-brigade are still investigating the cause of the fire.
Huge column of thick black smoke spread around the area that has offices, workshops and warehouses of a large number of private companies.
The smoke columns were visible far away from the site.
The police and fire-brigade units reacted instantly and cordoned off the area. The fire was extinguished soon after sunset. Nobody was reportedly injured in the incident.
P.V. Murli, a worker of a neighbouring company, said the warehouse had a huge number of electrical equipment such as transformers, wires, and electrical fittings worth millions of dirhams.
Share this article
Popular in UAE
-
Have your say
Living in untidy homes
Do you think that people who live in untidy homes have bad character?
Latest news
- Khalifa congratulates Karzai on re-election
- Khalifa receives congratulatory call from Talabani
- Complaints against cab drivers decline
- Camel in RAK gives birth to twins
- No hike in water, electricity rates
- Thalassaemia website 'will help educate youth'
- Saif is appointed Emiratisation chief
- Experts call for reviewing green cost of desalination
- Readers: Less water usage means less desalination
- Dubai Police open centre to combat marine pollution
- Pavement parking irks pedestrians
- Man jailed 3 years in fatal assault of colleague
- Murder: Mother gets stiffer sentence
- Traffic Prosecution adopts humanitarian step
- 'All-green' project to ease traffic flow
Community Reports
-
Pavement parking irks pedestrians
Gulf News reader calls on authorities to step in and stop car owners from invading pathways meant for safe walking
-
Faded parking lines pose a problem
Motorists could be fined for parking incorrectly even though they can hardly see the boundaries in the designated areas
-
School buses block residential parking
Commercial vehicles taking up free parking facilities in Al Wuheida, inconveniencing residents in surrounding villas
-
Community report: Doing their bit for poor children
A group of students takes concrete action to raise funds for Dubai Cares
