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At least nine people were injured in the large fire in one of the tallest buildings in the northeast Emirate of Dubai. Emergency services were able to evacuate residents on time.
Emergency services try to extinguish the fire in the 48-story building. The cause is still unclear.
(dpa) A skyscraper burned down in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday night. This is the 190 meter high Abbco Tower in the Al Nahda area in the city of Sharjah. This was reported by the Dubai-based news site “Khaleej Times”.
The Gulf News news site reported Tuesday night that nine people had been slightly injured. He referred to the chief of civil protection in Sharjah. The fire brigade had managed to control the fire with a major operation.
Fadlallah Hassoun from Syria calms her cat Vodka after escaping from the Sharjah skyscraper.
Images on social media showed that the 48-story building, one of the tallest in Sharjah, was on fire. The burning parts of the building fell from a great height and damaged parked cars. The cause of the fire was unclear at the moment.
The skyscraper and neighboring buildings have been evacuated, the Khaleej Times reported. According to “Gulf News,” there are apartments on 36 of the 48 floors, 12 on each floor. According to this, residents reported that the fire broke out around 9 p.m. (local time; 7 p.m. CEST).
It is not the first skyscraper fire
Muslims around the world are currently in the fasting month of Ramadan. After sunset, many families gather in their apartments to break the fast together.
In the UAE, high-rise buildings have burned down several times in recent years. In 2017, a huge fire broke out in one of the tallest skyscrapers in the Dubai golf metropolis for the second time in just a few years. According to the police, all the residents could be saved at that time.
