Hezbollah blamed Israel for the explosion of thousands of its operatives' pagers and radios in attacks that spanned two days this week
mena1 hour ago
A huge fire erupted in a dhow anchored in Dubai Creek near the Al Maktoum Bridge on Monday afternoon.
Mahmood Hamed, spokesperson of the Dubai Civil Defense, said that authorities received information about a fire that erupted in a wooden boat anchored at Dubai Creek at dock No. 6 at Diera side when the fire erupted at around 1.15 pm. Two crew members attempted to put out the fire, but it spread out of control.
The crew guided the ship towards the dock where large amounts of stored cargo caught fire.
Fire brigades from three civil defense stations including Hamriya, Port Saeed and Karama rushed to the site.
The dhow was full of goods and was being loaded when the fire erupted.
Photo by Leslie Pableo/Khaleej Times
Also read: Dhow catches fire at Dubai's Deira Port
"I could see firefighters, ambulance and police rushing to the area. I hope everyone is alright," Nawazish Syed, an eyewitness, told Khaleej Times on Facebook.
Photo by Leslie Pableo/Khaleej Times
Plumes of black smoke could be seen from miles away, with surfers sending pictures from various parts of old Dubai.
More details are awaited.
Also read: Fire destroys three dhows at Dubai Creek
With inputs from AP
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