DUBAI: A crash and fire involving a truck and several other vehicles in the United Arab Emirates’ Fujairah emirate killed 14 people and injured 30 others, police said on Thursday, in one of the UAE’s deadliest road crashes.
Fujairah Police said the truck driver lost control of his vehicle shortly before midnight on Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Road, near the entrance to Fujairah. The truck struck another vehicle, then overturned and hit several vehicles that had stopped because of slow-moving traffic, police said. A fire broke out in the truck and spread to a number of damaged vehicles, police added.
Fifteen of the injured have been discharged from hospital while 15 remain under treatment, Fujairah Police said. The dead included Emiratis, while authorities were using DNA tests to identify some other victims.
Emergency teams, civil defence, ambulance crews and police responded to the scene, extinguished the fire, transferred the injured to hospitals and secured the site, police said.
The incident occurred on a street at the entrance to the emirate of Fujairah.
“A truck driver lost control of the vehicle while travelling on the road, causing it to collide with another vehicle, then overturn and strike a number of vehicles that were stopped because of slow-moving traffic on the street,” an interior ministry statement read, saying the incident occurred around midnight.
The impact caused “the truck to catch fire and the blaze to spread to several other vehicles, resulting in a heavy loss of life”, it added.
Emergency services including police, ambulances and civil defence teams raced to the scene. Half of the injured were later discharged from hospital, while the rest were still receiving treatment.
Authorities were using DNA tests to identify those killed, according to the ministry. The Indian consulate in Dubai said its citizens were among the dead.
“The Consulate has reached out to the bereaved families and is closely working with local authorities to provide all possible assistance and support,” it said in a statement posted online.
Published in Dawn, November 13th, 2026
