Nine Pakistanis were injured on Sunday in a fire that broke out in a warehouse in Ajman city, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The warehouse stored hand sanitizers and perfume stocks.
Arab media reported that all the injured individuals, who were employees at the warehouse, were transported to Khalifa bin Zayed Hospital. Two of them, sustaining serious burns, were later transferred to a hospital in Abu Dhabi for further treatment.
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The injured persons were identified as Guldad, son of Shah Nawaz Dharee; Nawab, son of Shah Nawaz; Imam Bakhsh, son of Khuda Bakhsh Solangi; Muhammad Akram, son of Dawood Khan; Shahid, son of Mumtaz; Zahoor, son of Muhammad Hayat; Sikander, son of Abdul Rahim; Akbar, son of Khemisa Khan; and Ijaz.
They all hail from the districts of Benazirabad in Sindh and Dera Ghazi Khan in Punjab.
Immediately after the incident, officials from the Welfare Wing of Pakistan’s Consul General in Dubai visited the hospital and have been maintaining constant communication with relevant authorities.
Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UAE, Faisal Niaz Tirmizi, expressed regret over the incident, conveyed well wishes for the recovery of the injured, and assured that all possible assistance would be extended to them in this unfortunate event.
