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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
- Image Credit: Aftab Kazmi/Gulf News
- Fire broke out at around 5pm in the warehouse, belonging to a general contracting company, and firefighters took several hours to put it off.
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.
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