Dubai building fire: Four Indians were among the 16 dead

At least 16 people, including a couple from Kerala, including four Indians, were killed when a fire broke out in a Dubai apartment building in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This information was given in a media report on Sunday. Gulf News reported that the Dubai Civil Defense Operations Room received a call about a fire at a building in Al Ras, Dubai, at 12.35 pm on Saturday. The newspaper reported that the fire started on the fourth floor of the building and then spread to other areas.

A team from the ‘Dubai Civil Defence’ headquarters reached the spot and started evacuating the people living in the building. Teams were also called from ‘Port Said Fire Station’ and ‘Hamriyah Fire Station’. The newspaper reported that the fire was brought under control at 2.42 pm. The newspaper quoted Naseer Watanpalli, an Indian social worker present at the Dubai police mortuary, as saying that four Indians, including a couple from Kerala, were among the dead. “So far, we have identified four Indians including two men from Tamil Nadu and a couple from Kerala, three Pakistani brothers and a Nigerian woman working in the building,” he said.

According to the report, Vatanpalli said he was coordinating with the Dubai Police, the Indian Consulate in Dubai, other diplomatic missions and friends and relatives of the deceased. A spokesperson for Dubai Civil Defense said preliminary investigations revealed that the building did not have adequate security arrangements. The spokesman said that the authorities are conducting a comprehensive investigation into the cause of the fire, so that a detailed report can be made available.

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