“At least 14 people have been slightly injured, along with one medium injury, and a heart attack case registered due to people pushing” amid the smoke, the media office tweeted. Dubai’s economy depends heavily on tourism.
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The Address has 626 luxury apartments and 196 hotel rooms, according to Skyscraper Center, which tracks skyscrapers.
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A Briton caught up in a towering New Year’s Eve blaze in Dubai has told how he and his disabled mother escaped from the burning building.
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He told Sky News: “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”.
The Dubai Government Media Office said through its Twitter account: #dubai_guests who have been evacuated from the Address Downtown Hotel, do not hesitate to contact 0097156 683 5129 for any assistance.
They managed to control the fire well in time for the celebratory fireworks to go on as planned at Burj Khalifa.
The fire took place at the Address Downtown hotel, which is quite close to the tallest tower in the world, Burj Khalifa.
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Dubai authorities said guests evacuated from the hotel would be provided with new accommodations.
Director-General of Civil Defence in Dubai, Major-General Rashid Al Matrooshi confirmed to Arabic daily Al Bayan that the fire “broke out only in the external interface and the majority of the fire did not make it to the inside”. All have been administered prompt medical assistance. Soon authorities evacuated them from the area.
Colonel Saif Al Mazrouei, director of traffic department at the Dubai Police, said the fire was accidental. In October, another fire broke out in a high-rise residential tower in the Emirati city of Sharjah.
“Internal fire extinguishers are preventing spread of fire inside the hotel”.
About four fire-fighting teams were working to stop the fire from spreading and ensure public safety.
Residents were asked to avoid the area and allow emergency vehicles through.
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Mr Viller said he was preparing some glasses of champagne to watch the New Year fireworks from the balcony when his family noticed the blaze, The Press Association reported. No one offered a cause for the fire.
