New Delhi, Feb. 28 -- Social media videos showed thick plumes of smoke rising over on Saturday after what authorities described as an "incident" in the Palm Jumeirah area, Dubai, following reports of an Iranian ballistic missile strike.

Footage circulating online captured dark smoke jetting into the sky from a building on Palm Jumeirah, the city's iconic man-made island.

The Dubai Media Office said emergency response teams had been deployed to an incident at a building in Palm Jumeirah and confirmed that four individuals were injured. No further details were immediately provided about the extent of the damage.

Two witnesses told AFP they heard a loud explosion and saw a plume of smoke rising from The Palm amid heightened regional tensi...