Building destroyedin fire

A fire gutted a building in Bur Dubai's Mina Bazaar last evening.

The building was being used as a storage area. No one was injured in the accident. The cause of the fire is not known.

"The flames were high but thank goodness the fire only managed to scorch the sides of our building.

"We closed all our doors and windows but still the smoke managed to get in through the air conditioning, so we went out on to the street," M.S, an Indian resident in the adjacent building said.

According to police sources, the owner of the building said the storage area had always been locked and contained wooden materials, cardboard boxes and waste paper.

Firefighters took three hours to put out the blaze.