Sharjah: Authorities have issued instructions to set up a committee comprised of members of the Civil Defence Department in Sharjah and the municipality to follow up security and safety measures in commercial and residential buildings.
Sharjah recently witnessed a number of fire accidents in residential buildings, industrial factories and warehouses.
Three people were seriously injured recently when the cable of an elevator they were in snapped sending them plummeting from the seventh floor to the basement.
The Iraqi family was about to leave their apartment located at the seventh floor of the 12-storey Buti Al Muhairbi building in Sharjah when the accident happened around 6.50pm,
The three family members are now at Al Qasimi hospital receiving medical treatment. The father was in Al Kuwaiti hospital and he was transferred later to join his family.
