Emirates Refinery Company (ERCO) Manufacturing unit near Khalid Port in Sharjah, UAE

A fire broke out at 2:20AM, Saturday September 20, 2008 at the ERCO (Emirates Refinery Company) manufacturing unit located near Khalid Port in Sharjah. Black smoke can be seen from the factory premises as seen on the picture above.


It is believe that the fire started from a garbage bin. Inside the factory where tins of oil ghee and margarines that causes the fire to spread rapidly and cause big explosions. Luckily there were no reports of any casualties fir the factory wahs evacuated immediately as soon as the fire was detected. THere are around 150 employee that is working for the company and the estimated lost is around 8 Billion Dhirhams
Fire fighter for sharjah has completely close Khalid port due to the incident