Death toll in Sharjah fire rises to six

Sharjah Police have pulled out two more bodies from the warehouses in Al Sajja which caught fight earlier this week.

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SHARJAH // Two more bodies have been found at the scene of a deadly fire that ripped through two warehouses earlier this week.

This brings the death toll to six in the Al Sajja industrial area blaze.

A spokesman for Sharjah Police said the two new bodies were discovered after the cooling process was complete. No other details were given.

On Tuesday, four workers were reported to have died in the Sunday night fires. Eight workers were also injured.

The fire started in a warehouse that was used to store pesticide before spreading to a furniture warehouse. Both buildings were destroyed.