Fire put out at 86-story residential skyscraper in Dubai
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Police in Dubai have reopened the streets around one of the world's tallest residential skyscrapers after firefighters put out a blaze that erupted early Friday in the high-rise, forcing residents to evacuate in the middle of the night and sending chunks of debris plummeting below.
No major injuries had been reported. A few people were treated for smoke inhalation, according to Dubai's Gulf News website.
Several building residents said the fire broke out just after 1am at the 86-story Torch Tower residential building, which had also caught fire just two-and-a-half years earlier.
More than 40 floors of the building on one side were engulfed in flames as residents looked on from below, many in tears. The firefighters battled the blaze for more than two hours.
Dubai's Civil Defense announced at about 3:30am that firefighters had brought the blaze under control and said cooling operations were underway.
By mid-day Friday, a few police cars could be seen in the area, but the streets had been wiped clean of falling debris from the fire, some of which had fallen on cars parked below.
