Dubai hotel fire: Smoke still wafting from Address hotel
- 8 years ago
Clouds of smoke continued to waft Friday from a 63-floor luxury hotel in Dubai that was engulfed in flames on New Year's Eve.
Firefighters had battled the blaze raging at the swanky Address Downtown Dubai hotel late Thursday as a spectacular New Year's fireworks display lit up the night sky nearby.
Bruce Szczepanski, who watched from the balcony of a nearby hotel, said he could still hear parts of the building crashing to the ground more than nine hours after the blaze began.
The flames leaped up the building as governments around the world were on high alert for possible terrorist attacks tied to New Year's Eve celebrations, but there was no initial indication that terrorism was to blame for the blaze.
The highly anticipated New Year's Eve festivities in the United Arab Emirates' most populous city - including what was billed as one of the world's largest fireworks displays - went ahead as planned.
Firefighters had battled the blaze raging at the swanky Address Downtown Dubai hotel late Thursday as a spectacular New Year's fireworks display lit up the night sky nearby.
Bruce Szczepanski, who watched from the balcony of a nearby hotel, said he could still hear parts of the building crashing to the ground more than nine hours after the blaze began.
The flames leaped up the building as governments around the world were on high alert for possible terrorist attacks tied to New Year's Eve celebrations, but there was no initial indication that terrorism was to blame for the blaze.
The highly anticipated New Year's Eve festivities in the United Arab Emirates' most populous city - including what was billed as one of the world's largest fireworks displays - went ahead as planned.