{"id":178405,"date":"2016-01-01T12:11:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T12:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=178405"},"modified":"2016-01-01T12:11:39","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T12:11:39","slug":"dubai-investigates-cause-of-massive-hotel-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/dubai-investigates-cause-of-massive-hotel-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai investigates cause of massive hotel fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The authorities in Dubai are trying to find out what caused a spectacular fire to engulf a 63-storey luxury hotel in the city centre on New Year&#8217;s Eve.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Firefighters managed to subdue the blaze, but part of the Address Downtown Hotel is still smouldering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A BBC reporter says a significant fire is still visible on the 20th floor, where the blaze apparently started.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The tower was evacuated and 16 people were hurt. But a fireworks show went ahead at the Burj Khalifa tower nearby.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Burj Khalifa is the world&#8217;s tallest building and an iconic symbol of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BBC&#8217;s Marcus George in Dubai says streets around the Address Downtown Hotel have been cordoned off, but boulevards around the Burj Khalifa are open.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/02DE\/production\/_87443700_dubaismokingdaybbc.jpg\" alt=\"Smoke billows from the Address Downtown Hotel in Dubai, 1 January, 2016\" width=\"976\" height=\"649\" \/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Marcus George, BBC<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/18532\/production\/_87443699_dubaismokesceneap.jpg\" alt=\"Smoke billows from the Address Downtown Hotel in Dubai, 1 January, 2016\" width=\"976\" height=\"579\" \/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><span class=\"story-image-copyright\">AP<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/3542\/production\/_87443631_87443630.jpg\" alt=\"Smoke billows from the Address Downtown Hotel in Dubai, 1 January, 2016\" width=\"976\" height=\"700\" \/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty Images<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/3C4A\/production\/_87443451_dubaifireepa.jpg\" alt=\"Smoke billows from the Downtown Address Hotel in Dubai, on 31 December, 2015\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><span class=\"story-image-copyright\">EPA<\/span><\/span><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><span class=\"media-caption__text\">How the inferno dominated the Dubai skyline at New Year<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The fire broke out at about 21:30 local time (17:30 GMT) and appeared to engulf much of the Address Downtown, a five-star hotel and apartment complex, within 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Four teams of firefighters battled the blaze for hours, officials said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Dubai government <a class=\"story-body__link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DXBMediaOffice\/status\/682645719904194560\">tweeted<\/a> that 14 people had suffered minor injuries, one moderate injuries and there was one &#8220;heart attack case&#8221; due to &#8220;overcrowding and smoke&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Irish singer Anita Williams, who was performing at the hotel, told the BBC that people left in a &#8220;stampede&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We left everything. There was debris falling down. It [the fire] just shot up through the entire hotel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Everybody was screaming, everybody was running&#8230; I thought: &#8216;This is a film&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-portrait no-caption full-width\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/figure>\n<h6 class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/EC08\/production\/_87442406_7e4c5aea-407e-45ab-8a48-6e175db6234b.jpg\" alt=\"People watch as flames rip through the Address Downtown hotel after it was hit by a massive fire, near the world's tallest tower, Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, on December 31, 2015\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><span class=\"story-image-copyright\">AFP<\/span><\/span><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><span class=\"media-caption__text\">Smoke from the fire could be seen obscuring the view of the illuminated Burj Khalifa ahead of the display<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/16138\/production\/_87442409_98060e36-02e2-4763-9c9a-6584da9c3fb5.jpg\" alt=\"Fireworks explode over Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, during New Year celebrations January 1, 2016\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Reuters<\/span><\/span><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><span class=\"media-caption__text\">The spectacular fireworks display at the Burj Khalifa went ahead despite the nearby blaze<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The fireworks display went ahead as smoke continued to billow from the hotel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alternative accommodation would be offered to evacuated guests, the Dubai government said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BBC World Service Middle East editor, Sebastian Usher, says the display is a huge prestige event for Dubai, and authorities want the images that people look back on next year to be of the fireworks &#8211; and not of the blaze.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tom Stroud, from London, who is staying near to the hotel, said: &#8220;It happened so quickly. There was smoke billowing everywhere and people running away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A tourist, Michelle Duque told the BBC: &#8220;All of a sudden we saw this huge black plume of black smoke coming between the Khalifa Tower and the hotel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The flames burst out really big and before we knew it the whole of the Address Hotel was covered in orange flames.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The authorities in Dubai are trying to find out what caused a spectacular fire to engulf a 63-storey luxury hotel in the city centre on New Year&#8217;s Eve. Firefighters managed to subdue the blaze, but part of the Address Downtown Hotel is still smouldering. 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