Dubai: An explosion was blamed on a wrong gas cylinder in a building in the United Arab Emirates of Abu Dhabi’s capital appointed alarm on Wednesday, with the initial embassy who said it suspected the possibility of a missile attack.
UAE, who gave a gift its reputation as a safe business center and tourism, has been nervous in recent weeks after several missile attacks and drones blamed the Houthi movement in Yemen.
Abu Dhabi’s civil defense said it received a fire report at 12:09 a.m.
(2009 GMT) caused by a gas cylinder explosion in a building in the central residential area.
It was said that there were no casualties, and asked the public to follow official news sources and avoid spreading rumors.
“The special team extinguishes the fire, evacuating the building as a precautionary measure and controls the situation,” said the civil defense authority in a statement in the country’s media.
Previously, Embassy M.S.
Has issued a warning “reports of missiles or drone drones”.
An Embassy spokesman A.S.
Then told Reuters that the warning was published with the background of the recent security incident, and thanked Abu Dhabi emergency workers because they contained fire quickly.
Yemen’s Houtis issued a claim for the attack on Wednesday.
The movement, struggling against the Saudi coalition covering the UAE, has claimed three attacks on the UAE since the beginning of this year, one killed three people.
The fourth attack, involves drones that according to UAE are intercepted, claimed by separate and less known groups.