Fire Of The Year: 300-metre Dubai Hotel Burst In Flames (Photos/Videos)
A luxury hotel in Dubai, the UAE, was engulfed in a fire in the evening of December 31, 2015. Multiple floors were immediately affected.
The Address hotel is the sixth-tallest building in the city, with 63 floors 302 metres tall. It has about 200 rooms and over 600 apartments. It is located near the world’s tallest skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa.
Local media say the hotel and the nearby Dubai Mall have been evacuated.
The fire started on the 20th floor. Photo: Reuters
The cause of the fire has not been determined yet. Photo: Reuters
See more testimonials from witnesses below:
#Addresshotel has been burning for 24 minutes and the fire still hasn’t been extinguished. So so sad.
— Jay* (@joyanax) December 31, 2015
Address hotel on fire #dubai @CNN pic.twitter.com/T8OiWl0X1j
— CrowdCapitalAfrica (@funding_africa) December 31, 2015
Our whole hotel has just gone up in flames just as we was about to tuck in to our NYE dinner #TheAddress #Dubai pic.twitter.com/PqIpxVP2wn
— Scott Shashua (@ScottShashua) December 31, 2015
People are running away! This is so horrific!!!!! Falling on people’s houses pic.twitter.com/gq9AXEyTJr
— Atieh S (@AtiehS) December 31, 2015
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