Towering smokes rises into the UAE skies Monday during a fire at at a wood factory. - Screencapture Via TV News

Towering smokes rises into the UAE skies Monday during a fire at at a wood factory.

Screencapture Via TV News

Plastic foam and wood fueled a wood factory fire Monday morning in the northern region of the United Arab Emirates.

At 10:15 a.m., firefighters responded when the blaze broke out in one of the industrial districts found in Sharjah, part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area, local media report. The burning factory cast a tower of smoke into the Sharjah skies.

No injuries were reported.

By 8 p.m., firefighters extinguished the fire and completed cooling operations. Investigators with the police are trying to determine the cause of the fire.   

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