Smoke still billows from Dubai hotel

Dubai - After almost 15 hours since the building went up in flames, it was still standing.

On the first day of 2016, a Friday morning, smoke was still seen wafting out of The Address Downtown Hotel. 
A huge fire broke out at Dubai's famous The Address hotel in Downtown Dubai near Dubai Mall. Occupants were evacuated and the fire brigade pressed into action.
 

Morning after the fire, Dubai's gleaming skyline still ruptured by smoke rising from the Address Hotel. pic.twitter.com/YMcRVksiX1
- Louisa Loveluck (@leloveluck) January 1, 2016

video: #AddressHotel #Dubai, smoke still there after last night's massive blaze pic.twitter.com/lbzYwf84uW
- M H T (@HanzalaOfficial) January 1, 2016

#AddressHotel morning after. Still smokey, lots of facade damage #DubaiFire pic.twitter.com/dJgePUFslH
- Margaret Besheer (@mbesheer) January 1, 2016

Fire trucks still working at the scene of #addressHotel #dubaifire Friday morning @VOANews pic.twitter.com/Rc09J95CVy
- Margaret Besheer (@mbesheer) January 1, 2016

 

#DUBAIFIRE also in the morning | 11.30 AM #dubai #fire #newyear #fireworks
A photo posted by Andrea Iannelli (@aiannelli) on Jan 1, 2016 at 12:40am PST

 

The aftermath of a strange New Years Eve. Still glad we were all safe, wasn't fun. Looks like things could have turned out worse though. Well done to all involved in preventing that. #mydubai #dubaifire #needanaddress
A photo posted by Florian (@djflore) on Dec 31, 2015 at 11:23pm PST

 

??? ?? ??? ??? ????? ?? #fireinDubai #Dubaifire
A video posted by Alisa (@flowers.in.november) on Dec 31, 2015 at 10:33pm PST

 

The #Dubai downtown skyline this am. #theaddressdubai #igersdubai #instagram #uae #mydubai #dubaifire #expatwomandubai #newyears #2016 #instadaily #instavideo #tragedy #burjkhalifa #Fire #fireworks #firefighters #dubaicity #dubaimall #dubaidowntown #dubailife #
A video posted by Susanna (@suzysj) on Dec 31, 2015 at 9:47pm PST

 

Jan 1. Building is still smoldering. #theaddresshotel #dubai #nye #nye2015 #dubaifire. Stay safe folks!
A photo posted by Jenny Hallenbeck (@jenhaswanderlust) on Dec 31, 2015 at 9:31pm PST

Smoke still billows from #Dubai hotel https://t.co/buTtOQRVAC (Video: Sajila Saseendran/@KTUAEReporters ) pic.twitter.com/gPPtYWgyEA
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) January 1, 2016

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