Fujairah government denies media reports of explosions at emirate鈥檚 port

The UAE emirate of Fujairah has denied media reports that claimed a series of explosions had rocked its port on Sunday, WAM News Agency reported. (Fujairahport.ae)
  • Fujairah government鈥檚 media office tweeted statement on Sunday denying there had been any explosions
  • Also called on media organizations to be 鈥渁ccurate鈥� in their reporting

FUJAIRAH: The UAE emirate of Fujairah has denied media reports that claimed a series of explosions had rocked its port on Sunday, WAM News Agency reported.

Claims from a number of news outlets, which were then shared on social media, said there had been explosions on Sunday morning and that fires had broken out on some of the docked oil tankers in the port.

Fujairah government鈥檚 media office tweeted statement on Sunday denying there had been any explosions and that operations were continuing as normal.

It also called on media organizations to be 鈥渁ccurate鈥� in their reporting and to only publish information once it was 鈥渃onfirmed by official sources.鈥�

The harbor master of Fujairah port, who had been on shift at the time, also confirmed that there was no truth to the reports.