Beach-Goers Spot A Huge Fire Breakout Near Burj Al Arab Ranging Across The Kite Beach
Friday afternoon, a number of beach-goers spotted thick jet-black smoke coming off a vessel that was off the coast of Dubai, near the iconic landmark, Burj Al Arab.
Roughly around 2pm, Dubai residents and visitors overlooking the incident took to social media to share pictures of a vessel on fire and tweeted their concerns about the people aboard.
Trying to figure out if the vessel was an oil tanker or a tourist ship, the incident which occurred a little before 2pm left bystanders utterly confused and shellshocked.
Netizens shared that police boats, helicopters and firefighters were seen heading towards the boat on fire to help contain the blaze and rescue the victims
Here at Kite Beach, a police boat went towards it a while ago and other boats also. Looks like it has moved a bit more towards land
— Kieran Caplice (@kierancaplice) January 17, 2020
The thick black smoke billowing from the ship left eyewitnesses absolutely stunned
— Kiera Doherty ☀ كيرا (@kikipigeon) January 17, 2020
In the series of tweets by a Dubai resident, Kiera Doherty, it can be confirmed that the smoke drastically decreased around 2.30pm
Still not quite sure what's on fire. pic.twitter.com/TvB9b8DkbE
— Kiera Doherty ☀ كيرا (@kikipigeon) January 17, 2020
