Dubai, Large Explosion From Dubai Hotel Skyscraper Fire Caught on Camera

Large Explosion From Dubai Hotel Skyscraper Fire Caught on Camera DUBAI, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Fire engulfed a 63-story skyscraper in downtown Dubai near the world's tallest building on Thursday night, but the block was successfully evacuated and there were only light injuries, the emirate's police chief said. 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-meter Burj Khalifa tower where people were gathering for a spectacular fireworks display due to mark the start of the New Year. Television pictures showed pieces of blazing debris raining down. The Dubai government's media office said the blaze was 90 percent under control. 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 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." One resident staying on the 15th floor of the tower, completed in 2008, told Britain's Sky News of "absolute pandemonium" as those inside realized the building was ablaze. "The alarms went off when the building was already properly on fire," he said. Large explosion from Dubai hotel fire caught on camera Fire breaks out in Dubai hotel next to huge New Year's Eve fireworks display Large explosion during hotel fire Dubai hotel fire: Flames shoot out of Address hotel Blaze hits Dubai skyscraper Fire engulfs Dubai hotel ahead of New Year celebrations Dubai Hotel Fire atlantis hotel dubai atlantis dubai atlantis dubai offer booking atlantis dubai atlantis the palm fire dubai atlantis packages imperial club room atlantis dubai Huge skyscaper fire in Dubai Huge fire erupts at Dubai hotel Dubai Engulfed In Flames Fire Breaks Out at Dubai High-Rise Dubai, Fire, Address Hotel, Skyscraper Fire,dubai hotel fire,Explosion in Dubai Hotel Fire,Blaze hits Dubai skyscraper,Huge skyscaper fire in Dubai,Huge fire erupts at Dubai hotel,Dubai Engulfed In Flames,