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Monday, September 02,2013
Abu Dhabi Civil Defense Extinguishes Fire at Musaffah Power Plant
A fire broke out on Wednesday afternoon in the Mussafah Power plant
in Abu Dhabi with no reported injuries or casualties. Supervising the
operation on location were; Colonel Juma Al Dahmani, Deputy Director of
Abu Dhabi Civil Defense, and Lt. Colonel Mohammed Ibrahim Al Ameri,
Director of Emergency and Public Safety Department at Abu Dhabi Police
Central Operations Department.
Lt. Colonel Al Ameri indicated that as soon as the Operations Room
received the notification call at 4:30pm, Civil Defense and Rapid
Intervention teams were immediately dispatched to the scene. The fire
broke out in one of the three on site transformers at the Musaffah power
plant that provides electricity to the Mussafah area and other regions
in Abu Dhabi.
Al Ameri further noted that 4 centers of the Civil Defense and the
Rapid Intervention teams continue extinguishing the fire on site, while
the Air Wing Section aircraft performed a thermal scan of the scene. The
operation is supported by the Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu
Dhabi Police, the Crime Scene Department, the Security Media, Abu Dhabi
Municipality water tankers, and the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity
Authority.