Everyone please, stay safe. A huge fire broke out at a major hotel in Downtown Dubai, which is near the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. The luxury hotel has more than 820 rooms and 7 restaurants and this massive fire has been a shocking news News mention that the fire started outside hotel’s 20th floor.
Earlier, we have reported about how the crowd would gather around the Dubai Mall area to watch the New Year Fireworks Display at 12 midnight. But the 63 story building, caught on fire and more details are still being gathered about this incident.
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Which hotel is this? Hope everyone is safe…. @MyDowntownDubai @gulf_news #MyDubai pic.twitter.com/GcCR10DUkq
— John Charles (@iamnhoj) December 31, 2015
Security and rescue measures have been efficiently set up to secure the residents in the area. No casualties have been reported.
Dubai Media Office has tweeted: “New Year celebrations in Dubai will continue as scheduled.”
. @DXBMediaOffice: New Year celebrations in Dubai will continue as scheduled #MyDubaiNewYear
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) December 31, 2015