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The five-bedroom, six-bathroom house, valued at US$2.7 million or Dh9.9m, was destroyed on Saturday morning.

It was believed the fire started in the kitchen. It took more than 12 hours for fire crews to fully extinguish.

The Washington Post reported that residents have taken up concerns with county officials about a lack of hydrants in a neighbourhood full of multimillion-dollar homes.

A mansion owned by the UAE Embassy in Northern Virginia, the US, has been destroyed by fire.

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Fire destroys US mansion owned by UAE Embassy - in pictures

Rob Gurdebeke

February 22, 2017

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A mansion owned by the UAE Embassy in Northern Virginia, the US, was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning. Photos courtesy: All Hands Working

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