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Three persons perish in fuel tanks' blast in UAE

KUWAIT, Jan 17 (KUNA) -- Three persons perished and six others suffered injuries in a fire that broke out after explosion of three fuel tanks in the UAE on Monday, the official news agency, WAM, said.
WAM said the dead was a Pakistani and two Indians, adding that the injuries of the other persons were light and medium It quoted police as affirming that a fire broke at the industrial zone of Mussafah, northwest of the capital Abu Dhabi.
Investigations are underway to determine cause of the accident (or incident), police reported, adding that simultaneously, there was a minor fire at a construction site at Abu Dhabi International Airport.
Police also said that the initial probe revealed that debris at the scenes were presumably of drones "that fell at the scene," causing a blast and blaze. (pickup previous) tma.rk