‘Small fire’ in Dubai after loud blast rattles buildings

A picture taken from "the View at Palm " shows the a section of the Palm Jumeirah in the Dubai Media City (background) in Dubai on January 10, 2022. (AFP)

DUBAI: Dubai emergency services put out a "small fire" after residents reported a loud explosion that shook buildings near Jebel Ali port, Emirati officials said Thursday.
Nobody was hurt in Wednesday night's incident.
Dubai civil defence teams "brought under control a small fire that originated from electric cable in an industrial area in Jebel Ali", Dubai Media Office tweeted
Local residents said nearby buildings shook for about two seconds and they feared their windows would break.
"We felt a shock wave. The windows of my house in Jebel Ali village nearly fell off last night," one Twitter user posted.
"Not sure how small this was, but it definitely generated a shock wave strong enough (for) the house to shake... All the neighbors felt it too."
In July, an explosion on a container ship unleashed a fireball at Jebel Ali port, one of the world's busiest ports.

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