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You get different perspectives from a distance. it appears in the photograph only one side of the hotel is involved in this. we hope that s the case, it s like an optical illusion. the hotel is across from the burj khalifa, the world s tallest. they continue to insist there nobody was hurt and the fireworks display is still taking place. that is going to do it for us here on happening now. we re going to continue to cover these flames there as you see happening in dubai with patty ann brown up next on the real story. a massive fire tearing through at least 20 stories of a luxury hotel in dubai, just ....
Ground and working their way up to put it out. it is it very dangerous to go above a fire and let it burn unchecked underneath. snushgs talk to us about the coordination of the firefighters and first responders trying to evacuate the building. evacuation in a four story building is difficult. i can t imagine what they are going through now. how quickly the fire spread, i think a lot of people that got p out would have self evacuated. i am not sure that once they got there, it seemed like it burned so quickly. and hopefully people were evacuated and they were able to self evacuate. how many stair well access do ....
To their fireworks display. and unclear if that is going to happen. certainly that is not the most important thing at this point. really, is everybody out of there in and did they get out safely? what are they doing to contain the fire. it is curious, john. as we watch the flames. it is new year s eve and hotel. five star hotel and got to be occupied and we are hearing from major general rashid, who is the general director of the dube down civil defense. he was on a live broadcast, and he said there are no injuries, thank god, of course, it will not affect the celebration. meaning the fireworks will go on as scheduled. it seems inconceivable that there are no injuries and my ....
Are prom nept on on the right side of the building. it is going to be a difficult fire to actually put out. they can knock it down and hopefully the sprinklers will do that. and go to mop it up and make sure that everything is out and that all of the people got out is a long prolonged operation. it is not like they are going to do this and shoot off fireworks and not know that building is still burning. i am on a bbc website and people are down loading pictures and you can see people running away from the building there. and i have to tell you you, it looks fully engulfed here. tourist michelle duke who is visiting dubai. all of the sudden, we saw a huge ....
Breathe above the fire. the smoke is going to come in. and that s the most dangerous thing about building fires like this. and the lesson is, if you are in a hotel, learn the exits in comparison to your room and when alarmses go off head to the exist exit. what if you are blocked. you try to find another stair well or go up as a last ditch. you hope you can get to the point where the fire will not get to you. because people talk about helicopter rescues and that s virtually nonexistent. you can see one in 20 years. probably the only one that happen in 20 years. mr. brown if you could stand by ....