A car burst into flames while parked in a petrol station near Dubai Festival City on Saturday. Civil Defence were called to the scene at 1pm after the car's engine ignited just metres from a petrol pump. Firefighters arrived to find the blaze had been extinguished by fuel attendants, who also stopped the fire from spreading across the station. No injuries were reported. A few hours prior, the morning teams from Al Barsha Civil Defence carried out a drill at an Enoc petrol station during which they extinguished fire in a petrol tanker. The training was held in efforts to improve response times and to teach petrol station workers and fuel attendants best practice when faced with a fire. In August, a team of petrol pump attendants put out a <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/uae/abu-dhabi-petrol-station-attendants-praised-for-fighting-fire-after-supercar-bursts-into-flames-1.621380">car fire at an Adnoc station </a>on Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Street. A video showed the vehicle catching fire and the attendants around it quickly grabbing extinguishers before it could spread. The five employees were thanked for their quick actions and bravery and <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/uae/adnoc-employees-praised-for-quick-action-to-extinguish-vehicle-fire-1.621625">honoured in a ceremony</a> at Adnoc's HQ where they had lunch with Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State and chief executive of Adnoc Group.
