Ajman Civil Defence put out a fire in a wood factory located in the New Industrial Zone on Thursday. There were no casualties.
Col Nasser Rashid Al Zari, head of media and public relations at Ajman Civil Defence, said it took several hours to extinguish the fire that gutted the factory.
After the fire was controlled, the authorities took charge of the scene of the accident to carry out investigations.
Col Al Zari urged owners of factories and industrial plants to regularly maintain their fire alarms, to provide manual fire extinguishers and not to store goods randomly.
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