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Three killed in UAE in restaurant gas blasts

The two separate explosions in the Emirati cities were blamed on malfunctioning gas connections.

Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the worlds tallest building is illuminated during festivities marking the one-year countdown to Expo 2020, on October 20, 2019. - Fireworks exploded over the glitzy Dubai skyline today, marking the one-year countdown to Expo 2020, with the city's rulers hoping the big-budget global trade fair will end with a bang, not a fizzle. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)
Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, is illuminated during festivities marking the one-year countdown to Expo 2020, on Oct. 20, 2019. — GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images

Three people were killed and several others wounded after gas malfunctions triggered explosions Monday at restaurants in the United Arab Emirates’ capital of Abu Dhabi and its largest city, Dubai. 

The Abu Dhabi government's media office confirmed a blast occurred just after 10 a.m. local time in a building on Rashid Bin Saeed Street. A restaurant in the building as well as another in a neighboring building were affected. 

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