Three people have been killed in a drone attack in Abu Dhabi which caused an explosion of three oil tankers and a fire at the city's airport extension.
Debris has been discovered at the sites of the blasts suggesting a "small plane" was to blame, investigators said.
Yemen's Houthi movement today said it had carried out an attack on the United Arab Emirates (UAE), but have yet to provide further details.
The three people were killed and six others wounded when three fuel tanker trucks exploded in the industrial Musaffah
area, state news agency WAM reported.
It said two victims were from India while the other was from Pakistan.
Additionally a fire broke out at a construction site at Abu Dhabi International Airport.
Footage shared on social media shows smoke billowing from what is believed to be one of the blast sites.
In a statement to state news agency WAM, police said: "Initial investigations found parts of a small plane that could possibly be a drone at both sites that could have caused the explosion and the fire."
There was no "significant damage" from the incidents and a full investigation has been launched, the statement added.
Houthi military spokesman Yahia Sarei said the group launched a military operation "deep in the UAE".
He said further details would be announced in the coming hours.
The UAE had largely scaled down its military presence in Yemen in 2019 but continues to hold sway through Yemeni forces it armed and trained.
The Houthis have repeatedly launched cross-border missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia and have in the past threatened to attack the UAE.
In July 2018, the UAE denied reports that the Houthis attacked Abu Dhabi airport with a drone.
A month later, Dubai International Airport said it was operating as normal after Houthi-run media said the group launched a drone attack there.
In December 2017, the Houthis said they fired a cruise missile towards a nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi, which
Emirati authorities denied.
