In Dubai, one individual was killed when a gasoline cylinder exploded in a restaurant. (Representational)
Dubai:
Three folks have been killed and several other others have been injured on Monday in two separate explosions within the United Arab Emirates’ capital Abu Dhabi and its tourism hub Dubai, the police and native media mentioned.
The Abu Dhabi authorities media workplace mentioned two folks have been killed within the blast within the capital, which the Nationwide each day reported had hit the KFC and Hardees eating places on the town’s Rashid bin Saeed Avenue.
The road is often known as a primary highway to the airport, the place prime aides to US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are anticipated to land, in a historic journey between Israel and one other Arab nation.
The police mentioned the Abu Dhabi incident additionally prompted a number of minor and average accidents, and residents of the constructing and surrounding areas have been evacuated. The Abu Dhabi authorities media workplace mentioned the blast was brought on by a “misalignment within the gasoline container fittings following refuelling”.
Photographs printed on social and native media confirmed in depth injury to the 2 eating places with a white plume of smoke rising from the bottom ground of the constructing.
In Dubai, one individual was killed when a gasoline cylinder exploded in a restaurant early on Monday, native media reported.
Abu Dhabi-owned The Nationwide newspaper, quoting a Dubai Civil Defence spokesperson, mentioned the blast in Dubai had prompted a blaze that broken the bottom ground of the constructing. The fireplace was managed inside 33 minutes, it added.
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