With news of a bridge collapse in Dubai, Arabian Business looks at the emirate’s recent building site accidents.
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IN PICS: Dubai building accidents
An injured foreign worker is rushed to a hospital in Dubai on 18 January, 2007. Two people were killed and 49 injured when a fire broke out in a Dubai Marina tower under construction. (Getty Images)
Medics give an injured worker first aid in Dubai on 18 January, 2007 after a fire broke out in a Dubai Marina tower under construction. (Getty Images)
Asian workers look at a building under construction on Dubai’s Sheikh Zayed road, where a fire broke out on 20 March, 2007. (Getty Images)
Smokes billows from a fire on the Palm Jumeirah island on 6 May, 2007. A fire broke out in a building under construction on Dubai’s iconic man-made island, sending clouds of smoke towering over the city and triggering an evacuation of hundreds of labourers. (Getty Images)
People gather at the site where part of a bridge under construction collapsed in Dubai on 8 November, 2007. Seven construction workers were killed when part of a bridge being built in Dubai Marina collapsed. The accident happened when a crane at the site lifted a load of steel beams and placed them in an unsafe position on the bridge, causing the structure to collapse and kill the workers. (Getty Images)
Rescue workers gather at the site where part of a bridge under construction collapsed in Dubai Marina on 8 November, 2007. (Getty Images)
Emirati policemen stand guard with dogs at the site where part of a bridge under construction collapsed in Dubai Marina on 8 November, 2007. (Getty Images)
Asian workers watch a fire that erupted at an under construction tower near Dubai Media City on May 14, 2008. (Getty Images)
Smoke billows from an under construction tower near Dubai Media City on May 14, 2008. (Getty Images)
