A car caught fire and almost burned completely after the owner left it in the paid street parking near a public school in Abu Dhabi, police have confirmed.
The incident occurred on Sultan bin Zayed (Muroor Road) just near Khadija Al Kuba School, Khaleej Times quoted an eyewitness as saying.
“I have no idea what caused the fire or how it started but I saw the car burning as I was walking towards the pedestrian underpass,” Shaheed, a Pakistani pick-up driver, reportedly said. “I was heading to Madinat Zayed.”
Another eye witness working in the nearby shop said the driver had gone out of the car and left it in the nearby shop.
Firefighters from Abu Dhabi civil Defense reportedly arrived after being notified and managed to put out the blaze from the burning car.
Fortunately the parking spaces near the burning car were empty and there was no risk of the fire spreading to other vehicles, reported Khaleej Times.
No person was injured in the fire and the cause of the fire is not known, the report said.
