Six more people have been confirmed dead as a result of fire-related injuries, meaning the country’s fire death toll has reached at least 11 this week alone.

The six who died were all victims of a Sharjah pesticide factory fire which broke out late on Sunday night in the Al Sajja area, with officials reporting eight people had sustained minor injuries at the time.

Police discovered the charred remains of two bodies at the scene on Wednesday as forensic experts continued to investigate the fire and its cause, while four of the eight who were admitted to hospital with injuries died on Tuesday, due to what police described as serious injuries and burns. The two charred bodies were spotted amongst the debris at the fire scene and taken to the Sharjah Forensic Laboratory.

Monday was another tragic day with five people, including three children, dying in three separate fires — two apartment fires in Abu Dhabi, which caused the death of three people, and one in Fujairah, where three-year-old Emirati twins died in their bedroom after being left alone in their house. A Palestinian father and his three-year-old daughter were victims in one of the capital’s blazes, while an Asian man, who was reportedly Filipino, jumped to his death from his ninth floor apartment to escape another fire.

The fire at the pesticide factory broke out about 9pm on Sunday, with firefighters from various Civil Defence stations rushed to the site to help battle the fire, which was already out-of-control and spreading fast.

It jumped across to an adjacent wood workshop in which flammable material was stored. The fire brigades managed to contain the fire after about six hours, according to Sharjah Civil Defence director-general Brigadier Abdullah Al Suwaidi.

Firefighters and rescuers rushed the eight workers to Al Qasimi and Kuwaiti Hospitals, where the four dead remained til Tuesday. Police say the dead workers were from Bangladesh and Pakistan. The four surviving workers are still receiving treatment for their injuries.

Meanwhile, Sharjah Police Forensic experts continue to carry out investigations and have yet to determine the cause of the factory blaze.