plume of black smoke coming between the hotel and flames burst out big. before we knew it. it was covered in orange flames and so yeah. it does seem fully involved. it happen quickly and turn about standing near a building is collapses and verrandas burning away and on videos i was watching. there were huge empers blowing in the wend and blowing 1 or 2 blocks. and i have sewn some running away from the fire. this is real and if the fire started on the 20 g floor it could have been drop down fire falling down in the street and
weather is there if we can get him to speak with lieutenant rogers here. looking at the flames weather playses an effect be in terms of wind et cetera. but the concern is not only firefighters getting to this accident lieutenant. but someone is inside of the building. it is a five star hotel. it is it a popular place in downtown dube down, blocks away from the world s tallest skyscraper that stands at 153 floors. this particular building is 63 stories tall. again, folks have to be in there and when you see flames like this. talk to me about the evacuation process. if the firefighters can t get in to put out the flames can they get to the people. not only dealing with flames but smoke. as we look to the building to the right. there is lights on and people in
no, it s not surprising it happened. you hope it doesn t. you hope that we build buildings, you know, the people are kept safe and the fire is kept to a minimum. the reality is we re not perfect and fire is unpredictable. it will get you. i m getting a better picture now of people on the scene downloading pictures on the internet. one person had a picture of the hotel, again, 63 stories tall in which the other side is completely not involved with fire. there are no flames on one side of the building. but the flip side of the building, the other side of the building is engulfed in flames almost fully. so it s curious but maybe it s just half the building that s burning. most of the picks we ve been watching over the last 52 mince since we began covering this are on one side. let s hope that s the case.
you have debris raining down as well. and threat to first responders is incredibly high. and their lives are seriously in jeopardy. and you have to figure the roads are blocked off as people gathered for the fire work s display show that is supposed to start a block away. we look at live flames at the live television there at 10:29 local time. i to bring in chris brown who is a firefighter in providence, rhode island. i am not sure you can see the flames on your television set. what can you glean from what you are seeing? this is happening on new year s eve when everybody is out celebrating and assume all of the downtown hotels in dubai is full is terrible. you know upon, the building is
flames and this is live pictures from dubai tv. the flames are still racing and that means that the firefighters have not yet opinion p able to put it out clearly. hopefully it is contained to 20 stories of the 63 story tall building. there are no injuries reported at this time. you got to think that there were people inside of the building and a new residential building and hotel. and got to be people still trapped inside and may be fatalities. we just don t have it. it just unfolded in the last hour. the flames began to escalate in the last half-hour and spectators say there is debris raining down everywhere from the building. it is a new building. what about the sprinkler system. you can see it is really in