Gas cylinder blasts jolt residents

Ras Al Khaimah: More than 200 cooking gas cylinders illegally stored at a farm exploded early yesterday, said the police.

No one has been injured in the blast, the police said.

Ali Saeed Al Dahmani, a resident of Al Munaie, said the blast took place early in the morning at a farm in Naslah. He said residents of Al Munaie and surrounding areas were jolted out of their sleep by the blast.

Teams from Hatta Civil Defense Centre rushed to the site. First Lieutenant Mousa Hussain, who heads the centre, said 200 cylinders out of 600 stored in the farm exploded. Civil Defence personnel managed to avert the blast of the other 400 cylinders.

Police are investigation the cause of the incident.