Reports of large plumes of smoke billowing and a major fire happening at a warehouse in Al Quoz are emerging from Twitter. The fire was reported to authorities at 5.15pm Tuesday evening.

Dubai Civil Defence and ambulance services arrived to the scene within four minutes of receiving the call, along with HH Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed, son of Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid. 

The fire was extinguished within 20 minutes and no injuries were reported.

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The fire is happening near in Al Quoz, near Noor Bank Metro

Saw a lot of smoke and fire at Al Quoz. You can see it if you pass fgb towards noor bank by metro. Hope all is well there #Dubai

— Ashwin Fern&es has just (@ashshanuferns) August 1, 2017