A residential building known as Abbco towers was gutted by fire in Sharjah United Arab Emirates (UAE) yesterday evening.
According to reports, the fire started from the 10th floor and Nine persons sustained minor injuries and have received medical attention.
Fast-acting firefighters managed to control a huge fire that broke out of the 48 storey building. However, Seven people were treated at the site, while five others were rushed to the hospital to be treated for suffocation.
Colonel Sami Al Naqbi, Director-General of Sharjah Civil Defence, said that they had been alerted to the fire, the cause of which is yet to be determined and which erupted on the 10th floor of the Abbco Tower, at 9.04pm.
Thanks to the quick and efficient work of firefighters, the blaze was brought under control at 11.55pm, he added.
Civil Defence staff from stations such as Mina and Al Nahda were deployed to douse the blaze following a call to the police operations room.
Col. Al Naqbi said the quick response of firefighters had helped saved the lives of tenants, as they immediately evacuated neighbouring buildings to prevent suffocation cases.
The blaze had spread beyond the 10th floor of the building, he said.
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