Dubai has struck by series of disasters over the year, Arabian Business revisits the events.
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IN PICS: Dubai Disasters 2008
DUBAI DISASTERS: January flooding caused Emirates Road, Airport Road and all roads linking Dubai to Sharjah to be shut down. (Getty Images)
DUBAI DISASTERS: Police were kept busy diverting all traffic bound for Sharjah back to Dubai with heavy rains and traffic congestion making the journey impossible for most motorists.(Getty Images)
DUBAI DISASTERS: Three people died and hundreds more were injured in the worst traffic incident in the UAE’s history in March. (Getty Images)
DUBAI DISASTERS: Police said 12 buses carrying some 300 workers in total were involved in the crash, in which 92 cars caught on fire. (Getty Images)
DUBAI DISASTERS: Around 1,500 workers were involved in riots that rocked Sharjah in March, during which they damaged and set fire to property and vehicles.
DUBAI DISASTERS: Workers also burnt down five cars, damaged 40 others and stoned 28 buses, before turning their anger on police officers and labour officials at the scene.
DUBAI DISASTERS: Shortly after, a hugh explosion at an illegal fireworks warehouse rocked Dubai, burning down dozens of buildings and killing eight. (Getty Images))
DUBAI DISASTERS: Over 200 buildings were gutted in a blaze in Deira on April 2. (Getty Images)
DUBAI DISASTERS: The latest blaze to break out in Dubai’s Al Quoz industrial park struck just a day after the Deira souk fire, with eyewitnesses reporting huge flames and thick smoke rising from a warehouse in the area.
