3 minutes response time for "Civil Defense"
Fire breaks out in a residential tower in the Marina
The tower includes 260 apartments.
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Brigadier General Ali Al-Mutawa: "The teams were able to safely evacuate the residents, without a single injury."
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Yesterday dawn, a fire broke out in the "Marina Diamond 2" tower in the Dubai Marina area, and the civil defense teams in Dubai were able to control it within less than an hour and a half, despite the fire spreading from the ninth to the 15th floor.
The field commander of the firefighting and rescue teams in the accident, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Civil Defense, Brigadier Ali Hassan Al-Mutawa, said: "The teams were able to safely evacuate everyone without a single injury, after achieving a response time that did not exceed three minutes to reach the scene of the accident."
In detail, the Dubai Civil Defense Operations Room received a report at 3:58 am yesterday, stating that a fire had occurred in the Marina Diamond 2 tower in the Dubai Marina area.
The Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Civil Defense for Rescue and Fire Affairs, Brigadier Ali Hassan Al Mutawa, said: "Immediately, the Marina Fire and Rescue Center moved as a first responder, and as the competent authority, and the first firefighting teams arrived at four and one minute, achieving a response time of three minutes.
He added: "It turned out that the accident was the result of a fire in the 11th apartment, and it extended from the ninth floor to the 15th floor, pointing out that the firefighting and rescue teams directly carried out evacuation operations for all the trapped people without recording any injury, with direct control and prevention of the spread of the fire to neighboring sites."
He pointed out that after 10 minutes, the UAE and Al Barsha martyrs' fire and rescue centers were moved to carry out support and support operations, pointing out that the combat operations lasted less than an hour and a half, specifically until 5:24 minutes, until the accident was controlled without causing any injuries. or deaths, and then the operations to put out the fires ended completely at exactly seven and a quarter, and at exactly 5:24 o’clock the field commander announced that the accident was under control without any injuries or deaths, with direct securing the site before handing it over to the competent authorities for investigations and knowledge of the circumstances of the accident. .
He pointed to the provision of temporary housing for owners of damaged apartments in the building, through the Crisis and Disaster Center of the Dubai Police General Command.
Residents of the tower, which contains 260 apartments, and is 60 meters high, reported that they woke up to the sound of screaming, and they all went down the tower through the stairs, because the elevators were disrupted when the fire broke out, noting that they received help and instructions from the civil defense teams and the police to descend safely without crowding. lead to any injuries.
They added that they only got simple belongings with them, such as their passports, identity documents, and some other items, until they are allowed to return to their apartments again.
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