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Parked car catches fire in Abu Dhabi

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Parked car catches fire in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi - No person was injured in the fire and the cause of the fire is not known

Published: Mon 6 Feb 2017, 3:46 PM

Updated: Mon 6 Feb 2017, 5:51 PM

  • By
  • Ismail Sebugwaawo

A car has caught fire and almost burned completely after the owner left it in the paid street parking near a public school in the capital.
The incident occurred at around 3pm on Sultan bin Zayed (Muroor Road) just near Khadija Al Kuba School, said an eyewitness.
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Abu Dhabi police has confirmed the incident.
"I have no idea what caused the fire or how it started but I saw the car burning as I was walking towards the pedestrian underpass," Shaheed, a Pakistani pick-up driver told Khaleej Times.
"I was heading to Madinat Zayed.
Another eye witness working in the nearby shop said the driver had gone out of the car and left it in the nearby shop.
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Firefighters from Abu Dhabi civil Defence arrived after being notified and managed to put out the blaze from the burning car.
Fortunately the parking spaces near the burning car were empty and there was no risk o the fire spreading to other vehicles.
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No person was injured in the fire and the cause of the fire is not known.
ismail@khaleejtimes.com



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