Media City police Constable, Meedo Taha at a press conference at the American University of Dubai after a fire that broke out earlier in the morning.
Don’t get the fire started on a holiday—By Rukash Raza
Dubai—two causalities have been reported after a fire that broke out this morning on the 10 million $ tennis court at the American university in Dubai.
“The situation is still under investigation” said Media city police chief, Constable Meedo Taha in a press conference this morning. Constable Taha said, details are scarce at the moment but what ignites curiosity to the incident is how the fire started since there is no evidence of arsenal found at tennis court.
When asked where was the campus security at the time when the incident occurred, Constable Taha replied, since it was holiday we were off campus except for one guard who was stationed but unfortunately he was on a cigarette break when the fire broke out.
The guard who seems to be the only witness at the moment says, he saw a cloud of smoke at around 6:30 A.M this suggests the fire might have started somewhere between 6:00 A.M to 6:15 A.M.
Mr. Taha informed that one of deceased was a student at the American University of Dubai and the victim’s family has been notified of the tragic incident whereas the other victim is still unidentified and the police are trying to seek evidence for the victim’s identity.
Substantial damage has been done to the tennis court however the cost of damage is not our biggest concern at the moment, finding the identity of one of the victim and the reason what led to fire is, the police Constable told the room filled with reporters.
No tennis rackets or gym bag was found at the tennis court which raises suspicion for the police. Instead three cigarette buds were found on the tennis court. The Constable also reported evidence of use of midwakh drug has been found alongside a bag full of pipes lying near the tennis court under a tree.
There are five camera’s positioned towards the tennis court but unfortunately three of them were obscured by trees, one of the other two that had a clear view was on a rotation of one hour and the saved memory gets removed therefore, there is only one camera that is currently being examined said the police Constable.
With the campus security absent and no footage saved in the security cameras except for one that is being examined for now it is difficult to say what caused the fire.

No comments:
Post a Comment