Dubai, Dubai Hotel building fire compilation - World's tallest building

Fire rips through five star Dubai hotel just yards from where tens of thousands were preparing to see in the New Year The Address Downtown is currently on fire in the Middle Eastern city The flames appear to run up at least 40 storeys of the exclusive hotel The hotel is just across a lake from the Burj Khalifa, world's tallest building Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3380507/Fire-rips-Dubai-hotel-close-city-hold-New-Year-celebrations.html#ixzz3vvayJl41 Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/01/world/middleeast/dubai-hotel-fire-address.html DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A 63-story luxury hotel in Dubai burst into flames on Thursday evening, causing an evacuation of a large crowd that had gathered amid the city’s skyscrapers for New Year’s Eve. As of 10 p.m., the area surrounding the hotel had been fully evacuated, the authorities reported, but it was unclear if guests and staff at the hotel had managed to get out safely. Local officials quoted by Sky News Arabia said that the hotel had been evacuated by 10:30 p.m., and that they did not know of any injuries or casualties, but that assessment was not definitive. The Dubai government said on Twitter that the fire “originated from outside” the 20th floor of the hotel and that internal fire systems had prevented it from spreading inside. It was a very windy evening, and the fire appeared to have consumed the middle and upper floors of the building. Four crews of firefighters were working to bring it under control, the government said. It announced that scheduled festivities would go on as planned, even as television images showed that the fire was continuing to rage. The hotel, The Address Downtown Dubai, opened in 2008 and is steps from the Burj Khalifa, which is generally recognized as the world’s tallest building. Dubai, with a population of two million, is the largest city of the United Arab Emirates and has worked to build itself as a major tourist and investment destination. In 2009, Dubai received a financial bailout from Abu Dhabi, another of the emirates. The Burj Khalifa, which opened in 2010, was originally named the Burj Dubai but was renamed, after the bailout, in honor of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the emir of Abu Dhabi. http://www.wsj.com/articles/fire-breaks-out-near-dubais-new-years-eve-celebration-1451586252 DUBAI—A fire engulfed a luxury hotel near the world’s tallest building here Thursday night, as thousands of revelers a gathered in the area to celebrate New Year’s Eve. Giant flames were seen shooting from the side of the 63-floor Address Downtown hotel, which is adjacent to the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, and the sprawling Dubai Mall, one of the city’s largest shopping complexes. People run away from a fire in downtown Dubai on Thursday. ENLARGE People run away from a fire in downtown Dubai on Thursday. PHOTO: AHMED JADALLAH/REUTERS The fire started about two hours before midnight when tens of thousands of people had gathered in the area for a fireworks display. Four squads of firefighters were working to control the fire late Thursday, the Dubai government reported on Twitter. They said New Year’s celebrations, including a planned fireworks extravaganza at the Burj Khalifa, would continue as scheduled. Downtown Dubai is a ritzy residential and retail area popular with residents and foreign visitors to the United Arab Emirates.