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Fire, whos going on. i will say the fireworks much, much subdued than usually are. cal, beyond what you re tracking and seeing online, you ve lived in dubai, you spent a lot of time in the middle east. let talk about this balance of dubai s image to the world, certainly the glamour, the luxurious lifestyle, modernization, urbanization that we have know becomes synonymous with the city. the balance of balancing public safeties and concerns that officials have there. what do you see in terms of the reaction. is this a smart decision by officials or criticizing it? it interesting, in the past hour the mood has changed from one of skepticism towards one of support. and as you mentioned, dubai has been caught between east and west before. this is a country and dubai s a city during the iraq war was ....
Demonstration. sir, even if it wasn t terrorism and again it s important to emphasize we don t know. we don t know. but i understand the point you re trying to raise is that the government regardless, terrorism or kind of a disaster from within it s a scary event. it s a scary event. people are already anxious. we ve seen major cities around the world like paris, like brussels cancel their celebrations because of large crowd. dubai has millions of people. certainly the global media attention is on them. but at the same time they re balancing public safety and public risk. they ve got to strike that balance between going ahead with the plans to show that the situation is fine but at the same time making sure that everybody is safe. so let me ask you based on your experience, was that the right decision by the united arab emirates government to go ahead with your with these ....
Public officials can say look, we have a large fire in 63-story hotel, we ll suspend the fireworks so firefighters can do their work, please go home. they had to make calculations. i m sure they ll give their reasons. they might have got through with it with nobody else got hurt and it may be a side issue. the major issue, can they get this fire put out without any loss of life? i think that s yet to be seen. stay with us. back out to dubai. joining us on the phone is margaret bashir, reporter for voice of america, currently in dubai. we spoke to a short while ago, you give us an update on what you are seeing right now? i m on the street of dubai. we ve left the area, the dubai mall area, and there s still huge crowds on the street. they did have the fireworks, ....
Days. in the coming days, what remains your biggest concern as a firefighter, a fire chief and what is your biggest threat in terms of once again seeing this situation out of control? bobby? all right. we may have lost bobby on the phone with us. ayman, i m back. can you hear me now? yes, i m with you. just a quick correction. that s not an ordinary firefighter you re talking to. that s chief vincent done, probably one of the preeminent authorities in fire fighting. right. 40 years of experience. i certainly did not mean no, i certainly did not mean any disrespect to him whatsoever. no, no, i wasn t inferring that you were. i just want to make sure the people listening know that s one of my mentors and one of the men that i ve studied with and from for years. one of my biggest concerns would be the chief s is manpower. knowing dubai as i do, their manpower is limited. and they re going to have problems getting fresh bodies in ....
To search every room and every floor and to ensure, first, that the fire s extinguished. chief vincent dunn, i m going to ask you to stay with us. it top of the hour right now. it is midnight in moscow russia. but recap what we ve been covering over the course of the past several hours. it is 1:00 a.m. local time in dubai right now, in the united arab emirates. we ve been covering a fire that has broken out in the address hotel, a luxury five-star hotel and residence in downtown dubai, one of the main tourist attractions, if you will. it is nestled among several luxury hotels, restaurants, cafes as well as iconic burj khalifa tower, the world s tallest building. and when this fire first broke out, people were being evacuated. people on streets evacuated as ....