Dubai: A fire broke out at a building under construction near a residential area in Port Saeed on Sunday, but firefighters managed to extinguish the flames within a quarter of an hour, a Civil Defence spokesperson said.

There were no reports of injuries.

“The fire was reported to us at 12.55pm. Firefighters rushed to the scene and contained the fire by 1.11pm,” he said.

The Dubai Civil Defence spokesperson said the fire started from the wooden structures found on the higher levels of the building.

“Luckily, the fire started when the workers were on their afternoon break so no one was there when the fire broke out.”

The cause of the fire will be further investigated.