Fire engulfs hotel near Dubai new year fireworks.Fire broke out Thursday in an upscale hotel near Dubai’s massive New Year’s Eve fireworks display, where hundreds of thousands of people are gathered for celebrations.
Dubai media office said in a statement there one person had died of a stroke and fourteen had minor injuries from a resulting stampede. It added that 90 percent of the blaze at the Address Hotel Downtown was under control.
A later picture shows the other side of the 300 meter Address Hotel Downtown, as the fire began to subside. (Ismaeel Naar / Al Arabiya News)
Four teams of firefighters are attempting to put out the blaze. The media office of Dubai government said in a statement that the blaze was “external.” There are reports that the fire could have come from the building’s large terrace area several storeys up.
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