Teams from Civil Defence successfully extinguished a fire caused by exploding gas cylinders in a workers housing area in Umm Al Quwain at one of the farms in Kaber area. No injuries were reported.
Col Hassan Ali bin Sarm, director of Civil Defence, said reports about an explosion came in at 2.30am on Saturday. Rescue teams went to the scene and evacuated the farm.
At the workers housing area, which was leased to a contracting company, a large number of gas cylinders of various sizes had been stored without the approval of UAQ authorities.
Colonel bin Sarm urged owners of commercial and industrial establishments to provide fire prevention and safety education and refrain from storing gas cylinders in random locations.
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