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 skyscr@per, 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 http://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 http://pic.twitter.com/PqIpxVP2wn
— Scott Shashua (@ScottShashua) December 31, 2015
People are running away! This is so horrific!!!!! Falling on people’s houses http://pic.twitter.com/gq9AXEyTJr
— Atieh S (@AtiehS) December 31, 2015
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