“The alarms went off when the building was already properly on fire,” he said. One resident staying on the 15th floor of the tower, completed in 2008, told Sky News of “absolute pandemonium” as those inside realised the building was ablaze. qtxf4nvxkR- Reuters Top News December 31, 2015Ī medic on the scene who declined to be identified told Reuters: “There are more than 60 people injured with light injuries from smoke inhalation and from crowding while in the stairs evacuating the building.” I hope everyone is safe! #Dubai /zEzsHUhqxY- Laila Loves December 31, 2015īREAKING: Fire engulfs the Address Hotel in downtown Dubai near world's tallest building. I've just heard the news of The Address hotel fire in Dubai. Massive fire breaks out at downtown Dubai hotel near New Year's celebration: /w20cDDuLV9- Mashable December 31, 2015
Police chief Major General Khamis Matar told Al Arabiya television: “All residents of the hotel were evacuated and there are 14 injured, with light injuries.” A fire caused by an explosion within a container on board a ship at Jebel Ali Port has been brought under control no casualties have been reported, the Dubai Media Office (DMO) said on Twitter. The Dubai government’s media office said late on Thursday evening the blaze was 90 per cent under control. While the exact cause of the fire is not yet known, investigators have ruled out terrorism, Dubai’s Gen Khamis Matar Al Muzainah told Bloomberg by telephone. Television pictures showed pieces of blazing debris raining down from the building.
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Tongues of flame shot skywards from one side of the luxury Address Downtown Dubai hotel and residential block, which stands across a plaza from the 830-metre Burj Khalifa tower where people were gathering for a spectacular fireworks display due to mark the start of the new year. A Dubai police commander told the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV that the fire appeared to have started in one of the containers holding 'flammable material,' without elaborating. A 63-storey skyscraper in downtown Dubai engulfed by fire on Thursday night has been evacuated and the blaze is 90 per cent under control, authorities in the Gulf emirate have said.įire broke out in the building in downtown Dubai near the world’s tallest building late on Thursday, but the block was successfully evacuated and there were only light injuries, the emirate’s police chief said.