DUBAI, Feb 10 (Reuters) - A fire off the coast of Dubai on Tuesday was caused by a possible collision between a tanker carrying petroleum products and container vessel, port and rescue sources said.

A thick plume of black smoke was seen rising from the Gulf. It was not immediately clear what caused the incident or how much damage was done.

(Reporting by Lin Noueihed, Luke Pachymuthu and Simon Webb, Editing by Thomas Atkins)

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