DUBAI: Firefighters say they've extinguished a blaze at a 32-story office and retail building in Dubai.

Dubai civil defense officials say the fire at the Regal Tower in Dubai's Business Bay neighborhood started around 9:45 am Wednesday.

There were no immediate reports of injuries. Brigadier Ahmad Obaid al-Sayegh, the acting director of Dubai's civil defense force, told The Associated Press that it wasn't a major fire.

Social media footage of it shows a blaze burning the facade on the building's top floors.

Fires have affected several skyscrapers in the United Arab Emirates, including one in February that broke out at Dubai's 86-story Torch tower, one of the world's tallest residential towers.

Another struck a building in Dubai's Deira neighborhood Monday night, forcing authorities to shut down part of the city's metro.

Also read: Huge blaze guts 79-floor Dubai skyscraper

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