阿聯酋杜拜港口阿里山港（Jebel Ali port）一艘貨輪上的貨櫃7月7日晚上突然大爆炸，威力令離港口25公里遠的建築物和窗戶都在震動。意外隨即引來火災，杜拜政府新聞局（Dubai Media Office）稱，火勢已經受控，未有傷亡報告。
杜拜政府稱，船上船員已經及時撤離。
↓緊急部門在現場救火
A fire caused by an explosion within a container on board a ship at Jebel Ali Port has been brought under control; no casualities have been reported. pic.twitter.com/oMTaJhgEYd
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) July 7, 2021
事發大約在午夜時分，從社交媒體Twitter流傳的影片可見，當時夜空爆出一個巨型橙色火球，熊熊火光在濃煙間透出。
↓Twitter流傳事發一刻影片
Incredible footage of a huge explosion that has just occurred near Dubai - with the blast & shaking felt by residents across the city
— Ashleigh Stewart (@Ash_Stewart_) July 7, 2021
Reports currently point to an oil tanker at Jebel Ali port exploding
pic.twitter.com/JXwrKahL62
↓爆炸一刻影片在Twitter流傳
According to Al Arabiya sources, an explosion occurred on a ship off of Jebel Ali port. The sound was heard all around Dubai. Cause is still unknown. pic.twitter.com/upGkwdg4A5
— Mohammed Khalid Alyahya (@7yhy) July 7, 2021
↓Twitter流傳影片
Jebel Ali now, Dubai 🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/IhPMaw9kOK
— Saeed Mahmoud 🇦🇪🇨🇴👑 (@saeedma91) July 7, 2021
有關部門正調查事件起因。警方指，火災可能是「摩擦或高溫」引致，而船上並無放射性物質。