Repeated explosions and thick, black smoke, resulting from a fire at Sharjah National Paints caused a chaos. The traffic was in a mad frenzy with Emirates Roads being cordoned off; whilst 250 fire-fighters were called from all over the emirates to control the fire (Khaleej Times, 2010). 
Surprisingly, this is the second such incident at National Paints as in the 1990’s a massive fire broke out and 40 people suffered injuries with a loss of over AED 50 million (Khaleej Times, 2010). Such unfortunate incidents occur due to carelessness of people who engage in dangerous activities such as disposing burning cigarettes and inadequate care of inflammables materials (Khaleej Times, 2010).
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Information taken from Khaleej Times
