Drones cause fire near US consulate in Dubai

A drone attack caused a fire this Tuesday (3) near the United States consulate in Dubai. According to local authorities, the fire was controlled. “The fire caused by an incident involving a drone near the United States consulate was successfully controlled,” the Dubai emirate’s media office reported on X. “Rescue teams intervened immediately. No injuries were reported.”

Residents reported hearing a loud explosionwhile one of them said he saw the fire, as Iran continues its attacks in the Middle East in retaliation for American and Israeli attacks. Police forces cordoned off the area.

O United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, confirmed that a drone hit near the consulate of his country in Dubai without causing casualties. “Unfortunately, a drone hit a parking lot next to the delegation building and caused a fire. All personnel are safe,” Rubio said in Washington.

In Irbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, Associated Press journalists heard explosions and saw smoke rising near the US diplomatic post on Tuesday, but there were no reports of casualties after a new intercepted wave of drone and missile attacks.

Multiple drones targeted areas around the US consulate building on Tuesday, but did not hit him directly. Debris from intercepted drones caused fires and property damage.

Iraqi militias linked to Iran have claimed multiple attacks on the Kurdish region, which hosts American troop bases, since the US and Israel began the war against Iran.

At the international airport in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, where there is a military base that houses American advisers and previously housed troops from the US-led coalition, a drone was shot down this Tuesday. “A small drone was shot down… on the outskirts of Baghdad international airport, with no casualties or material damage,” the Iraqi government’s media security cell reported.

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