Abu Dhabi: The Abu Dhabi Civil Defence put out a large fire that broke out in a residential building in the UAE capital on Friday night.
Suffocation cases were reported and the injured were hospitalised.
Residents of Al Nahyan area had reported hearing a loud bang in an apartment on the seventh floor of a building in the Al Marwu Street, Al Mamora district.
Fire trucks from the Civil Defence rushed to the scene, cordoned off the area, and vacated the residents safely after preventing the fire from spreading to other apartments.