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Old Etonian, 27, saved his wheelchair-bound mother by carrying her down 15 flights of stairs in burning Dubai hotel An Old Etonian caught up in the New Year's skyscraper inferno has told how he saved his wheelchair-bound mother by carrying her down 15 flights of stairs as the building was engulfed by flames. Angus Villar, 27, who lives in Fulham, south west London, strapped his disabled mother to his back as he rushed to escape the raging fire. Moments before he fled, he took a dramatic picture on his 15th floor balcony at the five-star Address Downtown to show how close the blaze came to him. Mr Villar, who attended University College London, was preparing some glasses of champagne to watch the New Year firework display at Burj Khalifa - the world's tallest building - when his father, Richard, noticed the blaze. He had to hoist his mother, Barbara, 64, onto his back as he dashed down the stairs and described the chaotic scene as 'pandemonium'. Recalling the ordeal, he said: 'I got to the fire escape before the actual fire alarm had started going off, by which point there were already people running in the corridors, panicking essentially, and I ended up having to put somebody on my back who was in a wheelchair. 'It was basically absolute pandemonium. 'It was the classic thing where you would expect people to let women and children off first, but no, there was people shoving each other down the stairs and climbing over each other.' The 200-room hotel - which also boasts 600 private apartments - was busy with people waiting in their rooms for the best view of the spectacular firework display. One photographer had a miraculous escape, using a window cleaner's heavy duty rope to get to safety. The man, who wished to remain anonymous, had been on a balcony planning to take pictures of the firework display, when the fire broke out. Fearing he would be suffocated if he re-entered the hotel, he grabbed the cable which was attached to a window-cleaning platform and tied it to his belt. He was left precariously standing on the balcony sill. Clutching hold of the rope with one arm, he used the other to ring for help. Civil Defence workers told him to remain calm and half an hour later they approached his floor. He said: 'When I saw lights and heard the sounds of footsteps at the floor I was in, I started tapping on the aluminium to get their attention. I think I was the only person left stuck that long. The rope was my saviour'. Irishman Kenneth Flynn was having a drink in the second floor lobby with his girlfriend at 9pm local time when she noticed something falling outside. He said: 'The whole place was up in flames. The heat was so intense, it was unbelievable. Then people started to panic, crushing each other and jumping over railings. And there was no fire alarm. 'I'm not going to say I didn't panic myself, I was absolutely terrified to be honest. I've never experienced anything like it. It was surreal.' Anita Williams, who was singing in the hotel, said: 'Everybody was screaming, everybody was running...I thought 'this is a film''. Four teams of firefighters battled the blaze and it was almost entirely out by 11pm Dubai time. Miraculously, there were no deaths. The Dubai government said 14 people had been injured. Despite the massive skyscraper fire, the fireworks show went ahead at the Burj Khalifa tower.