Dubai's Address Hotel smoulders after New Year's Eve blaze
- 8 years ago
Dubai’s luxury Address Hotel was still smoldering on Friday morning (January 1). Flames spread up one side of the building as people gathered nearby for a New Year’s Eve fireworks display at the world’s tallest building a few hundred meters away.
Fourteen people were reported to have minor injuries. One victim suffered a heart attack.
Investigators are working to find the cause of the blaze.
The Dubai media office said it had started on the twentieth floor of the luxury hotel and residential tower.
Euronews Dubai correspondent Rita Del Prete reported: “The smoke and the smell of burning have spread for kilometers, in an area crowded with people gathering to watch the midnight fireworks organized, as each year-end, from the nearby Burj Khalifa.”
As midnight struck and the Address Hotel continued to burn, crowds cheered as the one of the world’s largest displays went ahead, as planned, around the Burj Khalifa.
Fourteen people were reported to have minor injuries. One victim suffered a heart attack.
Investigators are working to find the cause of the blaze.
The Dubai media office said it had started on the twentieth floor of the luxury hotel and residential tower.
Euronews Dubai correspondent Rita Del Prete reported: “The smoke and the smell of burning have spread for kilometers, in an area crowded with people gathering to watch the midnight fireworks organized, as each year-end, from the nearby Burj Khalifa.”
As midnight struck and the Address Hotel continued to burn, crowds cheered as the one of the world’s largest displays went ahead, as planned, around the Burj Khalifa.