Sheikh Hamdan offers condolences to family of Dubai firefighter

Tarik Abdalla Ali Alhaway died on Saturday while battling a blaze in Business Bay

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, attended a mourning majlis in Dubai following the tragic death of firefighter Tarik Abdalla Ali Alhaway. Courtesy Dubai Media Office

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed has offered his condolences to the grieving family of a Dubai firefighter killed while fighting a tower block blaze in Dubai.

Tarik Abdalla Ali Alhaway, 28, died after plunging four storeys down a hole in the floor of the under-construction building in Business Bay on Saturday.

The Crown Prince of Dubai expressed his sympathies while attending a mourning majlis in Al Warqaa, Dubai.

Sheikh Hamdan had previously taken to Twitter to pay tribute to the fallen firefighter.

"Tarik, a martyr, will remain a symbol of self-sacrifice for the sake of the nation and the citizens' security," he wrote on Twitter.

"We pray God to have mercy on Tarik’s soul and may the doors of heaven be open for him.

"May God inspire his parents and relatives with patience and solace."