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Six people required hospital treatment after a fire gutted 17 floors of a 33-storey residential building in the Al Nahda area of Sharjah yesterday lunchtime.
Fire alarms throughout the Al Aneeqah Tower sounded as the blaze broke out at 12:50. The high-rise was successfully evacuated by rescue services before it grew out of control.
Those airlifted to hospital included two Jordanian men suffering from smoke inhalation and a Palestinian mother and her three children. No other casualties were reported.
The Director General of Sharjah Civil Defence, Brigadier Abdullah Saeed Al Suwaid, was unable to comment on the cause of the fire when contacted by Construction Week.
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However, reports from a senior official from the Sharjah Civil Defence quoted in the Khaleej Times indicate the initial investigation showed that the fire started as a result of an electrical short circuit in an apartment on the eighth floor.
Evacuated families have reportedly been housed in Sharjah hotels until an investigation into the fire is fully completed and the insurance company finalises its report.
Saeed Awad, the owner of the building, told the Khaleej Times : “We have provided all the affected tenants with hotel accommodation. This building was recently constructed and is properly insured. I am surprised as to how quickly the fire spread throughout the building.”
The fire was put out within one hour of it starting through a joint effort of ten teams made up of firefighters from the Sharjah Civil Defence and their Dubai counterparts. A helicopter was also called to help douse the flames and assist with the evacuation effort.
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wanted to ask about aneeqa building... is it safe to live in that building now? how the fire happened? it was bcoz of ch