At least 16 folks have been killed and 9 others injured in a residential constructing fireplace within the rich Gulf emirate of Dubai, the federal government stated Sunday.
The fireplace broke out at noon Saturday on the fourth flooring of the constructing within the Al-Ras neighborhood within the previous a part of the town.
The civil protection drive stated preliminary investigations confirmed the fireplace was brought on by a “lack of compliance with building security and safety requirements,” the federal government’s media workplace stated in a press release.
Firefighting groups have been on the blaze inside six minutes of being notified, it added.
Dubai, one of many seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has a inhabitants of round 3.3 million, of whom virtually 90% are foreigners.
The nationality of the victims has not but been revealed.
The metropolis has skilled spectacular fires previously, inflicting in depth injury however few casualties.
In 2017, the authorities introduced the adoption of stricter constructing rules to reduce the danger of fireplace, attributed primarily to flammable supplies used within the exterior cladding of buildings.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
