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Massive Fire Breaks Out In Dubai Hotel During New Year Fireworks Display - Live Feed
Update: There are reports of a "large explosion" near the site of the fire. Here's the clip:
Authorities say the blaze is 90% contained. There are 14 reported injuries and 1 reported casualty although we suspect these numbers will be the subject of some debate and dispute in the hours to come.
Earlier:
Have "the terrorists" turned into arsonists, did someone misfire a bottle rocket in their room, or are the powers that be out to destroy the Gold Holding evidence?
Whatever the case, a massive fire has broken out at The Address hotel in downtown Dubai. The building boasts a 5-star hotel and is 302 meters tall.
- NO CASUALTIES IN DUBAI HOTEL FIRE, OFFICIAL TELLS ARABIYA
- ALL DUBAI HOTEL GUESTS EVACUATED, OFFICIAL TELLS ARABIYA
- DUBAI HOTEL FIRE STARTED FROM 20TH FLOOR: DUBAI MEDIA OFFICE
- FOUR FIRE BRIGADES AT HOTEL SITE: DUBAI MEDIA OFFICE
"The fire broke out Thursday in a residential building near Dubai's massive New Year's Eve fireworks display," AP reports, adding that "it was not immediately clear what caused the fire, which ran up at least 20 stories of the building near the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest skyscraper at 828 meters (905 yards) [and rained] burning debris from the building as firetrucks raced to the scene."
Although no cause has yet been identified, one witness apparently told CNN she heard an explosion around the time the building was engulfed in flames.
Live feeds:
A second feed after the jump:
Here are the stunning visuals:
Fire at The Address, Downtown #Dubai (KT video by Rahul Gajjar) pic.twitter.com/ofOJXW3UEI
— Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) December 31, 2015
Watch: Huge fire in building thought to be a hotel in Dubai, close to location of New Year's Eve fireworks display https://t.co/buceweRjuw
— Sky News (@SkyNews) December 31, 2015
Uh oh. RT @michealsalameh: The address downtown #Dubai #fire pic.twitter.com/TRIqrYh5QQ
— Garnet Fraser (@garnetfraser) December 31, 2015
Yikes. Major fire in #Dubai at the address hotel, right next to #DubaiFireworks site pic.twitter.com/87Z2cidfYm
— Barry Whyte (@bwhyte11) December 31, 2015
The Address is on fire #dubai pic.twitter.com/XP4eQYHrRe
— Serene Touma (@sereneybeany) December 31, 2015
Address hotel Dubai on fire. pic.twitter.com/vZKFZuZJrs
— Rami Ranger (@RamiRanger) December 31, 2015
#dubai right now pic.twitter.com/7h73ehELhq
— Atieh S (@AtiehS) December 31, 2015
Fire at The Address hotel, Downtown Dubai (Video by KT surfer Deepak Bulchandani) pic.twitter.com/2zDhcPH1h3
— Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) December 31, 2015
People are running away! This is so horrific!!!!! Falling on people's houses pic.twitter.com/gq9AXEyTJr
— Atieh S (@AtiehS) December 31, 2015
To give you an idea of the scale of the #Dubai hotel that's on fire, here's the view from the top. @bbcnews pic.twitter.com/KH4kt33pkR
— Ben Thompson (@BBCBenThompson) December 31, 2015
But don't worry New Year's revelers, because the show, as they say, must go on:
. @DXBMediaOffice: New Year celebrations in Dubai will continue as scheduled #MyDubaiNewYear
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) December 31, 2015
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Yikes...
It should collapse in 5...4...3...2...
If and only if there are dancing Is-real?is nearby.
I'd 'pull' BUILDING 7 as soon as possible.
Operation Mayhem?
...and so it starts. Everyone get some popcorn and pull up a seat, this could be a very interesting evening.
Those arabs sure know how to put on one hell of a pyrotechnics show
Hurry, put it out before it collapses in on its own footprint! ! It will only last a few hours ;-)
WTF?!?!? Why haven't the leftist Arabs passed laws making catching things on fire illegal? Problem solved.
PULL IT!
This out of control fire is nearly impossible in a modern hotel without intent to disarm the system, malfunction of the system or actual explosives of some sort.
Seems to me anyway.
a lamborghini was seen flying through the air shortly before the incident. it was toretto, it was always toretto.
Emirati lightning.
Solid insurance coverage with Lloyds of London I'm sure since half of the Dubaimillionaires have townhomes in "the City" I bet.
How much gold is in the basement vault?
No doubt a ton of allahu akbar's tonight!
Wikipedia: According to CNN, the fire was caused by a burning curtain
Were they magnesium curtains?
This is a easy one to figure.
Low IQ rag heads, have a tall building built for them self.
Notice how the outside went up like it was made of flamable mater.
Thats because it was. They decide to update there building codes in 2013 , so they no longer now clad the outside with a plastic alumium coating.
Just abouit every tall building in the place, would go up in flames with a babcue balcony fire.
Money cant buy you brains.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pQdjwliLMA
As tragic as this is... it will not collapse due to the fires... unless this hotel has built-in thermite in its beams like the WTC buildings did.
This will prove once again the fallacy of the government and media tales about 9/11.
Meh, everyone KNOWZ that an airplane is needed as well!
Breaking - Video of plane involved in this fire:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIF0zON0MAA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyJsUZrYS5o
Looks like the Dubai media lords have shut down damn near everything that can carry a live feed of the Towering Inferno. All the MSM news channels, including the arabian ones, are either showing re-runs from hours ago or nothing at all. There were live connections over Skype and Periscope earlier. There dead now.
Yeah, they cut the feed just as I saw a passport floating down, with a tiny parachute.
The local arms dealer's New Years Eve Customer Appreciation and Sales Showcase Party went a little bit awry...
"Hey Akben, I really like this new rocket launcher! How does it work? Ooops! "
Let me guess, a Jew bought it last month and insured it against fire works, for say oh, 2 billion.
Handful is correct. Besides the suppression systems the codes require construction materials and techniques to delay, prevent and control the movement of the fire between floors or through the ventilation system.
Looks like someone didn't tell the flames to stay inside the building...must I think of EVERYTHING?
The exterior of the building itself is a fire barrier and should prevent any rapid movement of a fire. This is not a residential home with wood exterior (which would not be premited for a commercial building). There is nothing within the exterior fascade to spread the flames and the exterior will exceed or equal the interior resistance to fire spread to other floors.
It is probably some stupid fire works display that was wrapped around the building to give the mid-night crowd a WOW!
The building is probably just scorthed. I Dubai everything is big.
"Oh, you meant a fire SUPPRESSION system." (Subtleties lost in translation between construction crews not speaking same language)
The fire suppression plan is to ferry people up to the Berj Khalifa and have them piss off the roof.
Thats why it's called the Whiz Khalifa Fire Suppression System.
<<DUH>>
How long has this fire been burning? According to 9/11 physics it should fall into it's own footprint after about an hour.
That clapped out skag on BBC will inform you 10 minutes before it collapses.
only thing missing is some planes along with made up Syrian or Iranian passports - false flag event!
NVE.. : "How long has this fire been burning? According to 9/11 physics it should fall into it's own footprint after about an hour."
Comment was so direct and on point it needed quoting..not just a pesky green arrow.
Very good indeed. (Shld collapse any sec now) ;)
It not only needs to collapse in it's foot print, but it also has to have it's pulverized concrete and asbestos dissapear into the air leaving a whole where there should be a huge pile of rubble.
And all the scap steel needs to be sold off to China before any testing is done on it.
Very peculiar the way flames raced up the side. Also strange that there's no automatic fire suppression.
Not the first time.
Beijing's newest skyscraper survives blaze (c/o Guardian, 2009-02-11)
"It was China's biggest ever firecracker. Clad in glistening titanium zinc alloy, Beijing's 159-metre (522ft) Television Cultural Centre tower (TVCC) shot up in flames on Monday night, ignited by ambitious fireworks during new year celebrations that could barely hold a candle to the all too brilliant architectural conflagration that followed."
OT: This page has to be the most advertisement-saturated load-lagger in the history of ZH. I have two blockers configured, and my system is still locking up. Addendum: It's the fucking Bloomberg video. God damn it! FUCK YOU, BLOOMBERG!
Dubai needs to invade Iraq ... they are obviously the cause.
PS: Plane load of Saudis seen headed for airport to their private jet to take off ASAP.
INVADE POLAND!
No, the new motto for 2016 is;
Keep Calm and Party On!
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Also strange that there's no automatic fire suppression.
This is Dubai where they don't even have sewer systems. The sh*t from their buildings gets hauled away in trucks.
Idjuts! You only need ONE lump of charcoal in yer hooka!
so if Donald Trump is elected president and he lets Jesse Ventura investigate 9/11 and he finds out the towers were deliberately taken down by PNAC and friends, can we rename the new WTC1 Freedom Tower to The Tower of Jewish Lightning?
Shit, and Paul Newman and Steve McQueen are nowhere to be found.
pods
Slick Towering Inferno reference PODS. Happy New Year !
OJ Simpson also appeared in that movie. He was head of security. He went into a burning apartment and managed to rescue a cat. Oddly enough, before he left the apartment he nearly decapitated a woman, and also killed a waiter.
Nation Suicide FTW!!!
Aren't they dead already? Yes, 1980 and 2008.
all eat cucumber
all eat cucumber
all eat cucumber
all eat cucumber
all eat cucumber
Only if the floors are clamped to the frame rather than part of it.
How much are you ready to bet that this one won't collapse ? /s
Only if Larry Silverstein is the owner.
*leasee
holder of insurance policy
"We must speak the truth about terror. Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories concerning the attacks of September the 11th;
malicious lies that attempt to shift the blame away from the terrorists,
themselves, away from the guilty. To inflame ethnic hatred is to advance
the cause of terror."
Pull my other finger, buddy
as long as Larry PULL IT Silverstein doesn't have an insurance claim on it, it should be OK.
Love seeing these comments after dealing with tourists all day at work. I needed a laugh!
Pull It!
See Tower Say Torch Tower
What the building didn't implode after catching fire for 30 minutes......Allah must have been looking on!
They built a deathtrap......
What'd they use for siding? Fireplace logs?
They don't have fire and safety rules like all those lesser 'civilized' countries in the rest of the world have had for decades...In shallah etc........
I wonder if this is going to delay the fireworks display?
Delay??? I'd say it started early...
Just let it burn while you shoot fireworks at the building. It would be awesome.
Maybe they'll use NFPA-13 sprinkler code the next time.
Magnesium and white phosphorous?
they were frying bacon. yum yum ham n bacon
"What'd they use for siding? Fireplace logs?"
Soaked in Kerosene.
Sterno.
Squeeze!
+ 1000 Ignatus.
Perhaps the balcony railings were made of magnesium?
Has it collapsed yet?
BBC will announce its collapse 26 minutes before it does.
some chatter of an explosion in the mall next to it - not sure if thats true or not
i don't think i've ever seen a fire spread that fast in my life ... its almost as-tho every room was wired
ALL HAIL NOPAT
LET'S PULL IT !!
Yes, "...probably the best thing would be to 'pull it', and they made that decision and we watched the building collapse." -- Larry Silverstein
As long as it's not a steel building, it'll NEVER collapse... Oh Wait! There have only been 2, well, 3, steel building collapses... EVER!
Talking about yet another Jew
I guess it will collapse completely soon.
And in any minute, this will freefall and fall into it's own footprint in 10 seconds, because you know, fire...
If the Chinese get started now, they can have a replacement hotel, ready to go for the new years eve party.
Was there a "bush" in town having dinner with the bin laden family?
Was there a "Bush" on the board of directors of the Maintence company for that building? (like WTC & Murrah bldng)
That'll come down in free-fall speed in no time!
(do not) be fooled by randomness
-taleb
BBC reported this yesterday
Popcorn at the ready - Freefall any one?
An invisible plane hit it....
flyover state rednecks (with boxcutters)! Damn them!
Wonder Woman better have a good alibi.
Paul Newman was the architect, engaged to Faye Dunaway.
William Holden was the contractor.
Steve McQueen was the SFFD Battalion Chief.
Harry Jernigan, the Chief Security Officer, was played by O.J. Simpson.
great flick!
All I remember about that flick was the slut that was getting boned and ended up jumping out of the window with her dress flying up, & legs spread... Funny how you have instant recall on certain things in life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvd1YlEEAU
Here ya go.
Did Robert Wagner die in this before he pushed Natalie Wood off his boat?
Damn Freddie! You're right again!
Perhaps it was Natalie's sister 'Lana' that I rember being tossed off a high rise balcony with her sheer panties at attention in 'DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER'
I must be gettin' old!
+1
I remember that. Something Plenty was her name and she had a rack.
Lana, her sister and mother were Russian emigres to America.
I recognise the man running around all covered by flames. I thing he had a part in one of the recent ISIS movies.
BUT WHEN DOES IT COLLAPSE SYMETRICALLY INTO IT'S OWN FOOTPRINT AT 9.8m/s/s???
Maybe the Mossad terror cells E-TEAM and GELITIN had an "art" exhibition there last month?
Jewish lightning?
yes, yes, an object in free fall can do no work!
Gee, and here I thought it was only born and bred American rednecks who did stuff like this...and the occasional NFL player...
Why is the building still standing? Burning desks can bring a building down in a few hours ... witness WTC7 and the NIST report.
damn chinese fire suppression systems!!!
All their buildings double as oil rigs.
Perhaps the Arab states could use this as a bullshit excuse to invade America....
Looks like the movie Towering Inferno IRL
Isn't this hotel right next to Wiz Khalifa?
They (our esteemed, super smart and efficient anti-t groups here)never did find out who/why made the massive cell phone purchases and stole all the propane tanks here in the US. Maybe Ill try to stay up until midnight tonight to see some different, unusual fireworks...
It was probably the "anti-t" groups who bought them, disguised as moose-lams.
I thought it was supposed to collapse into its own footprint?
Obviously these pictures are fake...everyone knows these tall buildings fall into their own footprint when on fire and possibly those around them . It's been proven beyond doubt and if you think otherwise you're a fucking nut!
Oh and Happy New Year to all ZH's out there (even some of these new guys in the last 6 mths, you know who you are lol)
Here's to 2016....may the current paradigm collapse in its own footprint. Cheers.
"...may the current paradigm collapse in its own footprint."
Happy new year to you too man.
We will need the right materials to blow minds.
Happy New Year to you too!
I guess that's where GOLD AE keeps its books.
AIG phones must be ringing off hook. What tranches won in liquidation?
Collateralized debt obligation overview
https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/derivative-securities/CDO-tutorial/v/collateralized-debt-obligation-overview
I thought they were bespoke tranche opportunities now...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-09/bubble-complete-smart-money-buy...
It better fucking collapse in on it's foot-print or I'm calling the 911 Official Story BULLSHIT... Just saying...
Somebody needs to put some water on that thing
i've been there, it's fabulous. it's beyond wondeful. Sheikh Mohammad's eldest son, Sheik Rashid, just died a few months ago of an alledge 'heart attack' at age 33 ......... royal death, massive fire in the heart of downtown DUBAI ..... something is very wrong. It is a giant hotel, it's THE ADDRESS for heaven's sakes !! THE ADDRESS is the most wonderful & iconic hotels in Dubai.
Just turned on the tube, that sucker is throwing pieces of flaming crap everywhere and it is creating it's own wind. Spreading is more than possible.
Selfie-generation gets its priorities right
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CXlcrUfWsAAorYn.jpg
Lynny
Long time. Great to see you posting....
Stay strong babe.
Hey whatever happened to those shitbag Qatari's "Royals" who were on a hunting (falcons) trip in Iraq and they were captured.
I hope they are in Syria getting what they deserve (like their balls pulled off) for causing that genocidal war in Syria.
We have not heard about them lately. I hope Hezbollah is taking field trips to the Gulf States with matches and lighter fluid.
https://www.rt.com/news/326188-qatar-royals-abducted-iraq/
Somebody's Insurance Company Just has a real bad Day.
Hopefully one of Warren Buffet's. Happy F**KING New Year.
Did the Zionist Kikes in the U.S. MIC manage to put some nanothermite in their to make sure it does what this one did in 2001?...
Relax, everyone, it cannot collapse into its own footprint....this was fireworks, gun powder...not Jet Fuel! Jet Fuel is the magic ingredient for tower collapses!
Except WTC Building 7 was never hit by a plane...
I have a running bet with a colleague of mine that if it does what happened to all 3 of them in lower Manhattan Shyam Sunder at NIST will be vindicated for his "collapse due to office fires" speech!
If Dubai decides to do a legitimate investigation into it's collapse then well be able to kill 4 birds with 1 stone!
If they find that it was something other than jet fuel and office furniture then, I'd say it's time for Russia to do the honors on Washington D.C. for the good of humanity!!!
Seriously all conspircy theories aside, how is this even possible? Hotels are built like honeycombs with each "cell" being a room and firewalled on all sides.
Flambe is on the room service menu? Hallway Flambe?
It's like it's made of tumbleweeds, chapperal and creosote.
Is this a Dubai International Financial Centre building where the evidence of the Gold Arab Emirate scandal is ?
I'm just waiting for the building to fall in on itself and pancake to the ground. That office furniture can reach 4000 degrees F... enough to pool molten steel.
The Dubai office building will never pancake to the ground because it's not built to American standards. The furniture in American office buildings is embedded with particles of nano-thermite to make it stronger and better. They don't do that overseas. This is one of the things that makes American skyscrapers exceptional.
Watch for flying passports there is a 100 Bolivar reward!
'Merican passport. They will invade Canada for it.
Did a new owner just up the insurance limit and add "terrorism" coverage? If so, it must be only a coincidence.
/sarc
Architects specify all this plastic facade shit to make it pretty. Ever see the face of a US building with glass and stone burn?
See this oil glut...I'm sure there must be a by law against storing oil in sky scrapers.
Silverstein will make a phone call to the hacked BBC and tell them to pull it.