Seven siblings perish in UAE house fire

DUBAI: Seven brothers and sisters aged between five and 13 died of smoke inhalation in a house fire in the United Arab Emirates on Monday, police said. Hundreds of fires are reported each year across the UAE, despite attempts by authorities to curb such incidents, but casualties are rarely reported. Police in the eastern emirate of Fujairah said the mother awoke at dawn to the smell of a fire in her house. “When rescue teams arrived at the house, the seven children were found dead: three sons and four daughters between the ages of five and 13,” police said in a statement.