DUBAI: A gas explosion in downtown Abu Dhabi prompted a warning of a potential assault early on Wednesday following a sequence of drone and missile assaults by Yemeni rebels.

The US embassy issued a safety alert after the blast in a constructing on Hamdan Avenue simply after midnight despatched a fireball into the sky and set off a blaze.

However emergency groups within the United Arab Emirates capital “put out a fire caused by a gas cylinder explosion”, the official WAM information company stated.

“The teams managed to control the situation after extinguishing the fire and safely vacating the residents,” it stated.

The report additionally urged the general public to “follow the news from the UAE´s official authorities and to avoid spreading rumours and false information”.

Unverified footage posted on social media confirmed an explosion on the high of a constructing and emergency companies arriving within the busy road under as bystanders watched.

The US embassy in Abu Dhabi had warned after the blast that “there are reports of a possible missile or drone strike having occurred” over the town.

In a later assertion, it cited the Emirati authorities´ notification that the blast was a gas cylinder explosion, saying it had an obligation to tell US residents of potential threats.

“Against the backdrop of recent security incidents, reports of audible and visible explosions in Abu Dhabi early this morning prompted the embassy to issue a security alert to American citizens and personnel.

“Subsequently, the Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Authority issued a public notification broadly throughout all media channels confirming that the incident was the results of a gas cylinder explosion.

“The embassy extends its gratitude to the Abu Dhabi emergency responders who contained the incident quickly and assured the safety of the city´s residents.”

The gas explosion adopted a victory by Brazil´s Palmeiras, who’re accompanied by a lot of their followers, within the Membership World Cup soccer event going down in Abu Dhabi this week.

The UAE has been on alert since a drone and missile assault killed three oil staff in Abu Dhabi on January 17.

Authorities have since thwarted three related attacks.

The UAE is a part of the Saudi-led coalition combating Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen´s civil struggle, which has killed lots of of hundreds instantly or not directly and displaced tens of millions, sparking a humanitarian disaster.

The January 17 assault was the primary lethal assault on the UAE claimed by the Huthis, opening a brand new section within the seven-year struggle and puncturing the nation´s picture as a regional protected haven.