Potential fatalityiesfatalities. Lea polo with more. Reporter it started a small Apartment Fire on the 51st floor approximately and then what happened was on that one side of the building it started massively growing. Its been an extremely windy day in dubai today. We had a sandstorm. So basically, debris started flying and because of the wind brought to the other side of the building so the complete other side started rupturing as well. It just turned into a massive fire in a massive building. The flames went around to the complete other side. Reporter yeah debris was flying everywhere. In fact, buildings around including my own, were also evacuated because theres fear that the wind is bringing the firy debris out of the buildings as well. Some of the video we look at you can see debris falling off the tower. I i understand in many cases thats molten glass. Reporter yes. When everyone was evacuated, it was quite scary because you didnt know if it was sand or glass. There was a lot of running and panic. Its chaotic. Was anyone injured, needing medical attention. Reporter no, which is great. Apparently some people had some smoke injuries but yeah. Besides that nothing that ive seen or heard about. And you said this started around 2 00 a. M. Or so or at least those are the reports and i believe you said that there are people actually coming home from being out late and suddenly discovering that their building was on fire. Reporter oh it was really sad. I was actually walking away and people were coming towards home. And then people around would have to tell them why thousands of people were out on the streets, because they didnt have a home to go to. It was pretty chaotic down in that whole area. Obviously roped off the whole area. What sort of a response did you see from there . Was there massive fire crews and stuff . Yeah. The fire crews seem to take a little bit longer to get there, but the dubai police is really good really safe and really around the city. So the police were there right away making sure that people didnt escape the building get away sectioning off the area so no cars would come. Honestly the debris made the whole area dangerous. It wasnt just within the building but it was the whole entire community. Could you see firefighters actually battling the blaze or were they not actually kind of entering the building itself . Reporter to be honest i didnt see anything. But thats no indication. Im sure they were doing their job. I just didnt see. I understand there had been a number of false alarms in this building. I know you dont live in this building but from all the reports, there have been a number of false alarms in this building for several weeks. Yes. And that a lot of buildings, and this surprised me a lot of buildings in dubai, the fire codes there really arent up to the standards of many other places in many buildings in dubai, right, about 70 of the buildings in highrise buildings in dubai are clad with a very flammable called a thermo plastic core. Oh. I cant speak for that. But thats unfortunate if its true. Listen. I really appreciate you taking the time to talk to us. Actually, leah how far away are you or is your building from this building . Oh literally just across the street. So like a few feet. Like a regular onelane street. And do you have any idea how many other buildings in the area were evacuated . At least four. That i know of. Its a very heavily populated area. At its height how many stories would you estimate the fire was encompassing . Because from some of the video you shot it looks like multiple multiple stories. Oh absolutely. I counted 20 at least on the one side and on the other side probably about 12 or 13. The one nice i shouldnt say nice but the good thing, it wasnt a sudden thrush of fire. Just before 2 00 actually and it was around 3 00 that the mass chaos kind of unfolded. And did the fire actually spread to lower floors as well with all of that flaming molten glass pouring off the building . Oh yeah. It started on a very high floor and then it went down quite a few floors. And then the debris that brought it to the other side was on a lower area. Just incredible. Leah thank you so much for talking to us. You bet. You can stick around. We get reports from the fire is now contained, its out. I want to bring in someone who knows the challenge of flames in tall structures. Fire fighting expert robert roe. A fire of this sky this far above the ground and leah said there are high winds there, there was a sandstorm today. So winds blowing, molten glass falling. Is it actually possible that i mean how do you go about battling Something Like this . Well first of all, you have to be careful about entering the building with the glass. You have to take time to figure out your plan but not too much time. And accessing the floors. A lot of times, youre not really able to use the elevators because of the most elevators come down to the first floor. So its the staircase and as you can see, these buildings are pretty tall. Its going to take a little while to take for firefighters to get to the level of the area where they stage their equipment and begin fighting the fire. My understanding of the building is most probably sprinklered but its hard to tell. Im not really sure exactly what the configuration on this building is but that would obviously be a factor. Right. Most of the reports i read that most of the highrises in dubai have internal sprinklers as well as hoses. But that the core as many as 70 of the highrises use a thermo plastic core. How is that possible in this danger as advanced as dubai, their fire codes wouldnt be up to the same standards as other countries . Well you know, Different Countries, as you said anderson the Different Countries have different codes. Theres different processes that building and the fire industry go through to develop these codes. I know here in the United States if we were to have a building of that size it would be held to a very strict standard and the fire would be out in the incipient stages. So when firefighters actually entered the building to fight it do they use the hoses that are already on the various floors assuming there are hoses there, or do they have to cart hoses up as they go . Well here in the u. S. They take hoses with them when they go into the building which, you know you have to be in top physical shape to get the equipment up to those floors but you know there are hoses within the buildings, but a lot of times, you cant really depend on that equipment because of maintenance issues or the lack of. So you have to depend on the equipment that youre familiar with and you train with. I mean that molten glass coming off, it just sounds like thats such an easy way for the fire to spread to other parts of the building or even neighboring buildings. Thats correct and i believe there may be some code deficiencies with regards to the exterior surfaces of the building and Fire Protection measures that should have been in place or maybe are in the process of being in place, or being put in place, to prevent fires spread from floor to floor on the exterior of the building. Thats right. Theyre trying to revamp their codes, ive been reading. Its unclear to me though how extensive those changes are and obviously, any building thats already been damaged has to revamp their codes. My understanding is that you know as you said the buildings have sprinklers inside have hoses inside. But once a fire is on the outside, its very hard in dubai to actually contain it. Its very hard to actually fight it. Thats my understanding after reading up on this a little bit. My understanding is that there are some plans in place to retro fit the building with some exterior fire protective coverings to prevent fire from spreading floor to floor. That could be the reason were not seeing this fire stopping on the exterior the way were seeing it. Im understanding that the fire is actually contained at this point or at least on its way to being contained. But im certain theyre going to be looking at the retrofit provisions to have the fire protective in place to prevent this from happening again. One of the problems apparently in this building that according to residents and reports that i read there have been a number of false alarms fire alarms kind of regularly going to the point where people in the building kind of just ignore them. One person i read was quoted as saying he thought it was just a regular, another false alarm and there had been several in the last several weeks until he actually smelled smoke and thats when he decided to evacuate. And false alarms do occur. It doesnt really matter where you live. Theres false alarms for various reasons. But most important thing in buildings of this size especially is the inspection testing and maintenance of number one, the fire Sprinkler System, which is your first line of defense in a fire but as well as your Early Warning and your detection system which is the fire alarm system needs to be tested, inspected and checked and maintained annually. My understanding is they do inspect it in dubai but im not privy to any information that may have come out of those inspections. On a practical basis for people in the United States or watching anywhere around the world, if youre in a highrise and theres a fire on a lower floor that youre in what is the best course of action . I mean do you try to shelter in place, do you try to make it down . Do you try to go up to the roof . What do you do . Well its going to be based on where the fire is located in the building and where youre located in the building. In a lot of cases, the fortunate thing in the United States in this day and age, Fire Protection systems are in place as they were not back in the day. And thats why there were so many fatalities back in the day on highrise buildings. But when you have a fire Sprinkler System in the building sheltering in place is, you know one measure of protection you can use to survive. But in a lot of cases, in the buildings that are fully sprinklers youre able to evacuate safely and to the stairwells provided that the stairwells are maintained and operating properly and one of the things that i understood in this particular building they inherently have problems with leaving fire doors open on each floor, which can cause if a lot of people like to wedge doors open going from floor to floor without being impeded, more of a convenience issue but there are for a reason. This 79 Story Building wouldnt be surprised to see a few doors in the open position blocked open or wedged open. Thats a real problem. Well robert i appreciate your expertise. Robert thank you so much for joining on this. I want to go to abu dhabi where a producer is monitoring a development of us anchor john terios. Whats the latest now . We have reports on the ground anderson in the last 15 minutes. The good news is that the fire is out. This has been confirmed by the dubai Civil Defense in the last 15 minutes. Just to recap for our viewers watching this from any part of the world right now, this is a building that is 79 stories high. That actually houses 676 units. Our producer on the ground said theres seven long fire trucks on the scene and five fire vans and one ambulance, but Civil Defense has confirmed, again, the last quarter hour, there are no injuries. Now, there are hundreds of people apparently that have evacuated the building and looking to see if they can get back in the building. The word that we have from on the ground is those at the 50th floor or above, this fire happened around the 50th floor trying to confirm exactly which floor it is will not be able to go back into the building. This is 5 00 in the morning anytime soon. Well see what happens to those residents going forward. Again, this is a very well known building on the dubai skyline. Anderson youve been in to dubai and abu dhabi. The main highway into dubai before you get into downtown dubai, theres a packed residential area and our viewers can see the pictures right now. This is known simply as the marina and the torch is one of the best known buildings. Notice on that skyline. This is a city that has grown rapidly over the last ten years and, of course anytime a fire like this happens, people start to question the building codes. Are there safety precautions in place . Has the Fire Department responded in time . Again, the world from Civil Defense, no injuries on the ground. The fire has been conditioncontained and we dont the past. A lot to learn in the hours ahead. I appreciate you monitoring this for you. We continue to monitor it and bring you up to date all through the hour on the hour. Quick reminder set your dvr to watch 360 whenever you want. More breaking news. What we learn from the accused road rage killers arrest report. New details on this. Woman its been a journey to get where i am. 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The myers family is also struggling with the backlash from some in the public and media who have called his son, brandon myers, a vigilante for being armed and going out with his mother to find the road rage suspects. Every day you guys go on air, ive got people threatening to kill my son. Because of things you guys have said. Reporter but now there is two different versions. On the road tammy myers picked up her son with a concealed weapons permit and road rage. The myers family tells us one of the suspects fired at them. But a newly released Police Report tells a slightly different story. One of the suspects friends telling police say it was one of the myers who brandished the gun first at the suspects before anyone fired. Ultimately the Police Say Suspect eric nowsch did go to tammy myers home and killed her. According to her 22 times outside the home. And another twist, police were unaware that the family knew the suspect until the day of the arrest. We did not know that. Reporter robert myers did suspect that erik nowsch had to do something with it. Where drug deals frequently go down. He hung around with the wrong people. He was at the park along. Reporter nowschs Instagram Account showing pictures of what looks like pot. To give you an idea of how close these families live to one another, this is myers home where tammy myers was shot and killed. And this is where the suspect lives. Less than a two to three minute walk from the home. Sara sidner joins us now. I understand robert myers told you he went over to the suspects house before his arrest. Did he say why . Reporter you know, he was visibly upset. He thought that the suspect that the police eventually did arrest had something to do with the murder of his wife and he went over. He knocked on the door. He told me i probably shouldnt have done that but my children told me to come back pulmoed me back and let the police handle it. And he eventually did. Nobody answered the door. The suspects mother is inside that house with a small child and robert myers said, you know i just decided to let police handle it. We were all emotional, but he was very upset that his son has been getting of course Death Threats after all of this happened because people called him a vigilante. He said his children calmed him down to then go forward and try to help make funeral arrangements. Sara trying to understand this because its very confusing and the information obviously has been contradictory for days now. Is it correct that this family suspected this young man was involved but didnt tell police . Reporter that was one of the details we do not yet know. What we do know they didnt tell police there was a kind of relationship between the mother and the suspect until the day that Police Arrested the suspect. So we dont know if they said look we