A massive fire is ablaze at Festival City Mall in Dubai.
Flames and smoke can be seen coming from the popular shopping centre as firefighters tackle the blaze.
Eye witness reports said the LuLu entrance to the mall was on fire and firefighters arrived quickly to the scene to tackle the blaze.
As firefighters battled the blaze at the mall groups gathered to observe.
See the fire at Dubai’s Festival City Mall
Festival City is home to Ikea, Marks & Spencer, Centrepoint and Carrefour stores.
A statement from Festival City said: “We are aware of a small fire that took place at the south side of Dubai Festival City Mall, outside LuLu hypermarket, on the evening of Monday 14th November.
“The authorities were on site within minutes and extinguished it quickly and safely. In line with our world-class offering, Dubai Festival City Mall follows all global policies and procedures with regards to fire safety.
“We will be launching an investigation to understand how this happened and how to avoid this in future.”
It is the second major fire to be reported in Dubai today. Earlier a blaze was reported in Al Quoz.
Smoke was seen billowing out of a facility in the Al Quoz industrial area and could be seen across Dubai.
The fire was on the North side of the industrial area in Al Quoz, witnesses reported.
No casualties were reported at either fire.
Last week, an Emaar tower caught fire in Downtown Dubai. The blaze was reported in the 35-storey building in the early hours of November 7
Located near the Burj Khalifa, the 35-storey tower was ablaze and was extinguished just before 4am. The building seems to have extensive fire damage on the façade panning through all floors.
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