ABU DHABI // A teenage boy has died in a tent fire inside a suburban house.
The 16-year-old's body was found by firefighters after they extinguished the fire at a house in Al Shamkha, on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi city.
The tent, which contained plugged devices and electronic equipment, was destroyed in the blaze, Capt Abdullah Al Tamimi, head of customer service and public relations at the Civil Defence General Directorate in Abu Dhabi, told The National's Arabic-language sister paper, Al Ittihad today.
Police have begun an investigation into the cause of the fire.
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