A crash and fire involving a truck and several other vehicles in the United Arab Emirates' Fujairah emirate killed 14 people and injured 30 others.

Fujairah Police said the truck driver lost control of his vehicle shortly before midnight on Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Road, near the entrance to Fujairah. The truck struck another vehicle, then overturned and hit several vehicles. A fire broke out in the truck and spread to a number of damaged vehicles.

15 of the injured have been discharged from hospital while 15 remain under treatment, Fujairah Police said. The dead included Emiratis, while authorities were using DNA tests to identify some other victims.