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Palm Jumeirah residents safe after apartment fire

Dubai:  No one was reportedly injured in a fire that broke out in an apartment building on the Palm Jumeirah last night.

The fire at the Adriatic building on the Palm Jumeirah broke out late on Monday. The building was evacuated.

By midnight, fire crews fought to put out the blaze at the Adriatic building, part of the Palm's upscale Oceana complex.

Fire crews directed water at the blaze. The inferno engulfed a section of the middle and upper floors of the building.

Social media users shared pictures of what is believed to be Adriatic building in the Oceana complex on the Palm surrounded in flames.

Dubai Media Office said in a statement that a fire had broken out at the Palm and that competent teams were dealing with the fire and ensuring the safety of everyone.

It said that the Oceana Palm was evacuated with no casualties.

In less than an hour, building management officials told occupants that it was secure to go back in some buildings. 

Later, Dubai Media Office tweeted the fire had been extinguished with no injuries.