Fire damages Zayed City villa

ABU DHABI — Belongings worth Dh5,000 were destroyed in a fire that broke out in a housemaid’s room in a villa in Zayed City here yesterday.


Captain Jamal Aboud Al Jeidi, Head of Public Relations and Moral Guidance Department in the General Department of Civil Defence, said the fire broke out at about 12 noon possibly because of a short circuit in the maid’s room on the third floor. She was in the kitchen on the second floor at that time.

Owner of the villa, a UAE national, battled the fire till the civil defence team arrived. The team managed to control the fire.

The value of the destroyed belongings is estimated to be Dh5