Fire breaks out in Dubai hotel on New Year’s Eve
A fire broke out in a residential building near Dubai’s massive New Year’s Eve fireworks display. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire near the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest skyscraper at 828 meters (905 yards).
- A fire runs up some 20 stories of a building in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. The fire broke out Thursday in a residential building near Dubai’s massive New Year’s Eve fireworks display. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire near the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest skyscraper at 828 meters (905 yards). (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
- This image taken from AP video shows smoke and flames pouring from a residential building, which also contains the Address Downtown Hotel, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday evening, Dec. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
- A picture taken on December 31, 2015 shows people watching the Address Downtown hotel burning after huge fire ripped through the luxury hotel near the world’s tallest tower, in Dubai. People were gathering to watch New Year’s Eve celebrations when the hotel caught on fire without causing casualties, according to authorities. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
- A picture taken on December 31, 2015 shows people watching the Address Downtown hotel burning after huge fire ripped through the luxury hotel near the world’s tallest tower, in Dubai. People were gathering to watch New Year’s Eve celebrations when the hotel caught on fire without causing casualties, according to authorities. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
- A picture taken on December 31, 2015 the Address Downtown hotel burning after huge fire ripped through the luxury hotel near the world’s tallest tower, in Dubai. People were gathering to watch New Year’s Eve celebrations when the hotel caught on fire without causing casualties, according to authorities. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
- A picture taken on December 31, 2015 shows people watching the Address Downtown hotel burning after huge fire ripped through the luxury hotel near the world’s tallest tower, in Dubai. People were gathering to watch New Year’s Eve celebrations when the hotel caught on fire without causing casualties, according to authorities. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
- A picture taken on December 31, 2015 shows people watching the Address Downtown hotel burning after huge fire ripped through the luxury hotel near the world’s tallest tower, in Dubai. People were gathering to watch New Year’s Eve celebrations when the hotel caught on fire without causing casualties, according to authorities. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
- A picture taken on December 31, 2015 shows the Address Downtown hotel burning after huge fire ripped through the luxury hotel near the world’s tallest tower, in Dubai. People were gathering to watch New Year’s Eve celebrations when the hotel caught on fire without causing casualties, according to authorities. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
- Smoke from a fire that ripped through the Address Downtown hotel, billows past the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower in Dubai on December 31, 2015. People were gathering to watch New Year’s Eve celebrations when the hotel caught on fire without causing casualties, according to authorities. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
- People watch smoke from a fire that ripped through the Address Downtown hotel, billowing past the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower in Dubai on December 31, 2015. People were gathering to watch New Year’s Eve celebrations when the hotel caught on fire without causing casualties, according to authorities. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)