At the very least 4 Indians, together with a pair from Kerala, had been among the many 16 individuals useless after a large fireplace broke out in a residential constructing in Dubai that additionally injured 9 individuals, a media report mentioned on Sunday.

The Dubai Civil Defence Operations Room was notified in regards to the fireplace at a constructing in Dubai’s previous neighbourhood of Al Ras at 12.35 pm on Saturday, Gulf News reported.

The large fireplace broke out on the fourth ground of the constructing and started spreading to different areas, the paper mentioned.

A group from the Dubai Civil Defence headquarters arrived on the website of the blaze and started evacuating residents within the constructing.

Groups from the Port Saeed Fireplace Station and the Hamriyah Fireplace Station had been additionally summoned.

The flames had been doused by 2:42 pm (native time), the paper mentioned.

Quoting Naseer Vatanappally, an Indian social employee who was on the Dubai Police mortuary, the paper reported that 4 Indians, together with a pair from Kerala, have been recognized among the many victims.

“To date, we now have managed to determine 4 Indians, together with a pair from Kerala and two males from Tamil Nadu who labored on the constructing, 3 Pakistani cousins and a Nigerian lady,” Vatanappally mentioned.

Vatanappally mentioned he was coordinating with Dubai Police, the Indian Consulate in Dubai, different diplomatic missions and associates and relations of the deceased, the report mentioned.

Preliminary investigations confirmed the constructing lacked satisfactory security necessities, the Dubai Civil Defence spokesperson mentioned.

Authorities are conducting a complete investigation to supply an in depth report on the causes of the hearth, it added.