Dubai: The fiery explosion erupted on a container ship anchored in Dubai in one of the largest ports in the world at the end of Wednesday, the authorities said, sending tremors in the United Arab Emirates commercial hub.
This Blaze sent a giant orange fire on a ship in the important Jebel Ali port, the busiest in the Middle East sitting on the east side of the Arabian Peninsula.
Combustion releasing shock waves through the city of Dubai studded with skyscrapers, causing walls and windows to shake in the environment 25 kilometers (15 miles) away from the port.
The panic population was filmed from their height as a fiery ball illuminating the night sky.
The explosion was strong enough to be seen from space by satellite.
There are no direct reports of victims in the port, which is also a remote port for American warships outside the US around 2 1/2 hours after the explosion, Dubai civil defense team said they had controlled fire and started “ cooling process.
“The authorities post recordings on social media Holy firefighters container shipping giant.
Glow from the flames remained in the background when the civil defense crew worked to hold fire.
The level of damage caused by a broad port and surrounding cargo is not immediately clear.
Records distributed on social media afterwards showed a burning container, ash and debris scattered.
Forced and the visibility of the explosion suggested the existence of a very flammable substance.
A Dubai authority told Saudi al-Arabiya TV that the crew had been evacuated on time and that the fire seemed to have started in one of the containers holding “ flammable material, ” without deciphering.
Looking for an explosion, Mona Al-Marri, Director General of the Dubai Media Office, told Al-Arabiya, the incident “ can occur anywhere in the world ” and that the authorities are investigating the cause.
The port of Jebel Ali at the northern end of Dubai is the largest human-made water port in the world and serves cargo from Indian, African and Asian continental children.
The port is not only a critical global cargo hub, but a lifetime for Dubai and surrounding Emirates, which serves as an entry point for important imports.
Dubai’s authority did not identify the ship that was hit by saying it was a small ship with a capacity of 130 containers.
The marinetractfic ship tracker shows a small supporting vessel fleet surrounding the container ship docked called The Ocean Trader marked in Comoros.
Records from the rebroadcast scene by the WAM news agency managed by the state of the UAE showed firefighters stigking the paint of ship bearings and logos that are in accordance with marine traders, which are operated by the Dubai-based ship Charter.
Ocean traders anchored in Jebel Ali Port on midday Wednesday.
Ship tracking data shows the ship has sailed up and down UAE beach since April.
The UN ship database identifies the ship’s owner as a sling shipping corporation.
Sling and Inzu Ship Charter did not immediately respond to a request for a comment.
Operated by dp world based in Dubai, Port Jebel Ali offers a capacity of handling more than 22 million containers and extensive terminals that can trace some of the largest vessels in the world.
Port officials say that they` take all the necessary steps to ensure that the normal vessel movement continues without interruption.
” The World DP-owned world describes Port Jebel Ali as “ gateway hub ‘and “ vital link in the global trade network’ ‘which connects the east and west markets.
The company did not immediately respond to the request to comment on the explosion.