A fire broke out in Al Majaz tower on the evening of yesterday, and the fire devoured the facade of five floors from the fifth to the tenth, and participated in the firefighting teams of five civil defense centers, in addition to support groups, the incident did not result in human injuries, or damage to apartments Inbound response speed result.

Residents of the tower were frightened as some woke up to the sound of the alarm. Civil defense teams and Sharjah police intervened to evacuate the 260-storey tower in 43 floors, including eight parking lots. The Community Police Department took over the shelters and provided temporary accommodation for 18 families whose apartments were affected. Fireproof.

In particular, the Civil Defense Department in Sharjah confirmed that the fire brigades managed to extinguish a fire that occurred in the facade of Al Majaz Tower in Al Majaz area, without causing any injuries, pointing out that the fire occurred in the external cysts from the fifth to the tenth floor.No internal damages were recorded on the apartments. However, the smoke was contaminated from the site.

She pointed out that a report was received to the operating room at 9:41 hours, stating that there was a fire in Al Majaz Tower, and immediately moved the competent teams and the concerned authorities to the scene of the accident, and the fire was controlled at 10:42 due to the speed of response and professionalism, and after operations Cooling, residents were directed to return to unaffected apartments.

She pointed out that the fire broke out in the side facade of the tower, and was extinguished by five centers are management, Samnan, Mina, Muwailih and Nahda, and is currently investigating the causes of the fire by the competent authorities.

She explained that the Civil Defense Department was keen to control the fire in record time not to exceed the hour, to prevent the spread of fire to neighboring towers and evacuate hundreds of people in a few minutes without injuries, noting that the cooling operations take time to make sure the fire does not spread and secure the building Fully.

Sharjah Police confirmed that after receiving a report of the incident, civil defense teams, patrols of Anghad, National Ambulance and Mobile Operation Room moved to work and support the teams and units participating in the scene and follow-up developments.

The teams succeeded in evacuating the tower and the adjacent buildings of the population in record time, while the competent teams continued their work in controlling the fire and prevent the spread to other buildings, or move to the upper floors.

The field operations were conducted to deal with the incident led by a team from the Emergency and Crisis Department, in the presence of the Director General of Central Operations, Brigadier General Dr. Ahmed Saeed Al-Naour, and the Deputy Director General of Police Operations, Brigadier General Mohammed Abdullah Al-Obed, and members of the team, while the Community Police Department started the accommodation Temporary residences for 18 families whose apartments were affected by the fire.

A resident of the tower, Mohammed Awad, said that he was sitting with his three children in his apartment, heard the sound of the alarm sounding strongly, and smelled smoke, and was surprised by the fire engulfing floors in the tower, and carried his children and went down the stairs down, with the help of fire brigades and police He pointed out that the fire and cooling took a long time, which forced him to go to a hotel for overnight, pointing out that the management of the building ensured to repair all the damage to their apartments after the inventory to ensure their safe return.

A resident of the tower, Um Ahmed, said that she heard the sound of the alarm, and saw the fire from the window of her apartment, which made her escape and descend quickly with her family from the seventh floor, where she saw everyone rushing out, pointing out that she left her things in the apartment, where the management of the tower Guide it to the hotel and overnight there until you make sure the apartments and tower are safe.

She said she could not go to the hotel before making sure the fire was extinguished, pointing out that the police were cooperating with them and reassured them on their property before going to the hotel, which paid for the management of the tower, and returned yesterday morning, and the damage was broken doors and windows due to water pressure and the firefighting process, and is underway Repaired and maintained by those responsible for the tower.

Resident Ahmed said he came down the stairs along with his wife and children from the eighth floor and was surprised by the large number of residents underneath the tower.

External damage

Officials at the tower management told Emirates Today that the damage was all external, pointing out that some apartments were damaged by the fire extinguishing process due to water pressure, such as damage to a door or glass, and are being repaired.

They pointed out that the management of the tower from the first moment of the fire and to protect the safety of individuals and families and directed them to go to hotels and covered the expenses until the completion of the maintenance process, and ensure the integrity of the entire building.

They pointed out that all residents returned yesterday to the tower, and some of them on the same night, and there are some apartments damaged by smoke and firefighting process, and are being fully maintained to ensure the return of residents to it.

• Police and Civil Defense managed to evacuate the 43-storey tower with 260 apartments in record time.