Fire crews battled an inferno on a ship anchored at Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port in the early hours Thursday after an explosion onboard the container vessel that had flammable materials, marking one of the biggest explosions reported in the United Arab Emirates in years, Al Arabiya reports.
A Dubai Government official told Al Arabiya that the fire – which happened just before midnight on Wednesday - was due to a natural accident and the blaze was brought under control hours later, with all crew members safely evacuated.
The explosion is one of several blasts that have been reported in the Gulf country in recent years.
A fire caused by an explosion within a container on board a ship at Jebel Ali Port has been brought under control; no causalities have been reported.
