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The purpose of this paper is to identify the critical factors affecting fire accidents in high-rise residential buildings in the Emirate of Sharjah in order to find solutions that contribute to reducing injuries and deaths from fire accidents. A large urban expansion of the Emirate of Sharjah has taken place in the form of high-rise buildings, and the Emirate is now third in the UAE in terms of the number of high-rise buildings and is home to 19% of the population. As a consequence, an increase in the rate of fire accidents has also been observed. As such, there is a need to conduct research on enhancing fire safety in high-rise buildings by conducting a literature review, in which nineteen factors affecting fire globally were identified. Because the fire characteristic is unique in every country, to identify the nature of fire in the Emirate of Sharjah, we consulted sixteen subject matter experts in the field of fire in the Emirate of Sharjah to identify the factors applicable to the
Video: Massive fire breaks out on busy UAE street; residents evacuated
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No casualties were reported in the incident.
Firefighters in Sharjah have managed to control a massive fire that broke out in an unused building located on Al Wahda Street.
No casualties were reported in the incident that occurred opposite Sharjah City Centre.
The fire caused traffic congestion and chaos on the busy commercial road next to the building, which had been slated for demolition, Sharjah Civil Defense said.
A top official said that the operation room received the report about the fire at 12:45pm. A team of firefighters from the Samnan fire station rushed to the site and managed to control the flames, which had spread from the mezzanine floor to the floor above due to strong wind.