16 shops were damaged on Friday afternoon in a fire in the Bani Yas area Municipality Souq. Witnesses reported seeing black smoke from a distance of several kilometres as firefighters put out the blaze. No injuries were reported in the fire which witnesses said started in a building where there are some electrical stores. A drone from the air wing was used in the incident to transfer images from the air to the operations room.
Free parking in Dubai this Friday
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UAE scraps homework for some public school students
Public schools students from Kindergarten to Grade 2 will not be given homework in the new academic year.
Sheikh Abdullah reaffirms UAE's support for Lebanon
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UAE strongly condemns attacks on Nigeria villages
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