Dubai, 16/4: A fire swept through an apartment building in an older neighbourhood of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, killing at least 16 people and injuring another nine, authorities said Sunday.
The state-linked newspaper The National cited a statement from Dubai Civil Defence provided by the city-state’s Dubai Media Office for the death toll.
It said the blaze happened on Saturday in Dubai’s Al Ras neighbourhood, a tightly knit warren of streets and alleys home to one of its oldest neighbourhoods.