UMM AL QUWAIN // Firefighters in Umm Al Quwain were called to tackle a blaze in a pickup truck carrying medical supplies on Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan street on Sunday afternoon.
The emirate’s Civil Defence was called to the scene at 3pm when the driver reported seeing smoke coming from the engine of his vehicle and pulled over.
The fire spread to the truck’s cargo and caused widespread damage to the vehicle, but the driver escaped unharmed.
According to Al Ittihad, The National's Arabic-language sister publication, the deputy director of the Civil Defence department in UAQ Lieutenant Colonel Khamis Bulsali called on motorists to ensure they have fire extinguishers in their cars at all times and to check their vehicles engines on a regular basis.
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