• Two officials watch as a fire spreads up the side of a high-rise building in Ajman. Five are believed to have suffered minor burns. Kamran Jebreili / AP
    Two officials watch as a fire spreads up the side of a high-rise building in Ajman. Five are believed to have suffered minor burns. Kamran Jebreili / AP
  • Displaced residents gather outside after a fire broke out in residential buildings in the Sowan area at about 9pm. Ali Haider / EPA
    Displaced residents gather outside after a fire broke out in residential buildings in the Sowan area at about 9pm. Ali Haider / EPA
  • Debris falls from a high-rise building as a fire spreads up the side of the building in Ajman. Kamran Jebreili / AP
    Debris falls from a high-rise building as a fire spreads up the side of the building in Ajman. Kamran Jebreili / AP
  • Members of the Civil Defence work to extinguish a fire at residential buildings in the Sowan area of Ajman. Ali Haider / EPA
    Members of the Civil Defence work to extinguish a fire at residential buildings in the Sowan area of Ajman. Ali Haider / EPA
  • Members of the Civil Defence work to extinguish a fire at residential buildings in the Sowan area of Ajman. Ali Haider / EPA
    Members of the Civil Defence work to extinguish a fire at residential buildings in the Sowan area of Ajman. Ali Haider / EPA
  • The fire occurred in the recently completed Dh2.7 billion Ajman One development, a cluster of 12 residential buildings. Ali Haider / EPA
    The fire occurred in the recently completed Dh2.7 billion Ajman One development, a cluster of 12 residential buildings. Ali Haider / EPA
  • Fire and smoke billow from a high-rise building in Ajman. Five are believed to have suffered minor burns. Kamran Jebreili / AP
    Fire and smoke billow from a high-rise building in Ajman. Five are believed to have suffered minor burns. Kamran Jebreili / AP
  • The streets below the building were littered with charred and warped aluminium panels which were part of the facade of the building.. Antonie Robertson / The National
    The streets below the building were littered with charred and warped aluminium panels which were part of the facade of the building.. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • The Ajman tower. Antonie Robertson / The National
    The Ajman tower. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • Crews continue to douse the fire the next morning. Antonie Robertson / The National
    Crews continue to douse the fire the next morning. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • A close up of the damaged tower in Ajman. Antonie Robertson / The National
    A close up of the damaged tower in Ajman. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ajman, tours the site of the blaze. WAM
    Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ajman, tours the site of the blaze. WAM

Late-night fire engulfs two towers in Ajman - in pictures


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A large fire engulfed a residential tower near the Ajman Corniche on Monday night. Civil Defence teams from Sharjah and Ajman responded to the incident in the Sowan area at about 9pm.