(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Early on Saturday morning the Dubai Metro services between the Jafiliya and the Business Bay metro stations were interrupted for two hours due to a fire in a building close to the Burj Khalifa.
The fire was detected just before 6 am at a building that is under construction and is located about 200 meters away from the Dubai Mall metro station. This building is located right opposite to the Danube building, a RAKBANK outlet and a Porsche showroom.
There were no grievous injuries or losses of lives reported.The rescue and fire truck from the Al Manara station reached the spot almost immediately from when the call was placed. The rescue and fire extinguishing operation continued for about three hours and by 9 am the situation was well under control, with metro services having resumed.
Due to the interruption in the metro services the usually desolate Business Bay metro station area was clogged with people and metro replacement buses. A flood of cabs from all of the Dubai cab companies had been diverted to the area for the people to carry on with their respectives commutes.
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