Deadly blaze sets apartment alight

A fire in the Al Mankhool area of Dubai on Monday night killed a woman and forced the evacuation of an entire residential building.

The fire, on the seventh floor of the building located on Al Rolla Road, was reported to the Civil Defence at 8.59pm.

The blaze broke out in a room next to the balcony of the victim, who died of suffocation.

Six other women, residing in the same apartment, were rescued by firefighters.