Sixteen dead and nine injured after blaze rips through apartment block
SIXTEEN people have died and nine have been left injured after a horror blaze ripped through an apartment block in Dubai.
Firefighters rushed to the scene in Al-Ras around midday on Saturday and evacuated the building in six minutes - but were unable to save everyone inside.Dubai Civil Defence said the blaze on the fourth floor of the five-story building was caused by a lack of compliance with building security and safety regulations.A relative of one of the deceased told The National: "I was so scared because that is the building my brother works in. He went up to help and never came back down.
According to the news agency AP, a man who had been working nearby had heard a blast as if a gas bottle had caught fire.
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