Boat catches fire near Dubai JBR

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A fire broke out on a boat in Dubai's Jumeirah Beach Residence area on Friday morning.

According to the Civil Defence, emergency response teams rushed to the site near Skydive Dubai after being alerted to the incident at 9:23 am.

The fire was quickly brought under control with the cooling operations completed by 10:00 am.

One person was injured in the incident.

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