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Seven containers gutted in Khor Fakkan Port blaze

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SHARJAH — A big blaze broke out in one of the container terminals of Khor Fakkan Port last afternoon.

Published: Fri 2 Jun 2006, 12:48 PM

Updated: Sat 4 Apr 2015, 7:19 PM

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Fortunately, even as the flames stretched out towards the containers, some containing highly inflammable substances, and heavy smoke covered the area, only seven containers were gutted in the incident. No casualties have been reported.

The Khor Fakkan Eastern Area Police, assisted by the Sharjah Police and the Fujairah Civil Defence Department, rushed to the spot and succeeded in controlling the blaze and extinguishing it within an hour.

As all roads in the vicinity were blocked during the fire fighting operations, the local traffic in the area was affected for a while but cleared later.

The cause of the fire is being investigated.



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