Pictures emerge on Twitter showing a high-rise hotel, The Address Downtown Dubai, engulfed in flames. The building in central Dubai close to the world’s tallest skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa.
It was not immediately clear what caused the fire, which covered at least 20 stories of the building.
No injuries have yet been reported.
The Address Hotel in Dubai, right outside the Burj Khalifa is on fire. Thoughts and prayers go out to those affected pic.twitter.com/2cCspsKMpt
— Globe Pics (@Globe_Pics) December 31, 2015
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@Address_Hotels Address Hotel Downtown Dubai on fire, I hope there were minimal casualties #Dubai pic.twitter.com/5eil7sqX4z — Nisar Talabany (@NisarT) December 31, 2015
Fire in Dubai hotel, looks like the Address hotel pic.twitter.com/vHSWXx4zYE
— AussieAck (@Albedri) December 31, 2015
