Two Indians among three killed in Abu Dhabi explosion

Two Indian nationals were among the three people killed in a fuel petrol tank explosion near a major oil storage facility in the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi, local media reported on Monday.

Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for the attack that was suspected to have been carried out by drones, reported WAM, the state news agency today. Two Indians and one Pakistani were killed and six injured in a fuel tanker explosion in Abu Dhabi, WAM said.

“UAE authorities have informed that the explosion at Mussafah, near ADNOC’s storage tanks, has led to 3 casualties, which includes 2 Indian nationals. The Mission @IndembAbuDhabi is in close touch with concerned UAE authorities for further details”, the Indian mission in UAE tweeted.

The police said that an explosion involving three oil tankers in Abu Dhabi and a fire in the construction site of the emirate’s new airport extension were potentially caused by drones.

“The fire provoked an explosion in three tanks for transporting fuel in the Misfah area near the fuel depots of the Emirati state-owned company ADNOC,” the police said in a tweet. “Also, a small fire broke out in the construction area of the new

airport of the UAE capital Abu Dhabi. According to the preliminary version, this happened as a result of a drone hit,” the police added,

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree, at the time of the explosion, told the Almasirah broadcaster that the Yemeni rebel group would soon reveal details about the military operation in the UAE territory. The UAE has been part of a Saudi-led military campaign against the Houthi rebels in Yemen since 2015. It intervened in Yemen’s civil war in 2015 as part of the Arab Coalition but scaled down its operations in 2019, according to WAM.