Ajman, UAE, Aug 8 (Emirates 24x7) : Four members of an Emirati family and their two housemaids died in a villa blaze in Ajman, UAE, on Tuesday morning.

Sources said a short-circuit caused the fire which engulfed the whole house in minutes. The sad incident happened in Al Hamidiya area of Ajman.

Among the dead are the mother, three teenage girls and two housemaids. However, a teenage boy escaped with burns after he managed to jump out of the house. He has been hospitalised for treatment in Ajman hospital.

Sources close to the family said that the Emirati woman's husband recently died in a road accident.

Brigadier Saleh Al Matroush, Director-General of Ajman Civil Defence, said the mother had called the civil defence to help her family. But she collapsed and died while talking to the civil defence official on the phone.

The civil defence team tried to contact her but could not. There was no response from her side.

Al Matroushi revealed that the civil defence intends to introduce a GPS system whereby the location of the caller could immediately be idenitified - helping the civil defence team to cope with the situation better.