Dubai tower engulfed in flames

old_aussie

ONE of the world’s tallest residential buildings is engulfed in flames in Dubai.
Firefighters are battling to bring under control the major blaze at the 86-storey Torch Tower in the United Arab Emirates holiday hotspot.
Shocked onlookers have shared harrowing videos on social media of the fire, which quickly spread up one side of the structure.
Burning debris is raining down on the streets below, sparking small spot fires, according to reports.

http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/dubai-tower-engulfed-in-flames-as-a-massive-blaze-breaks-out-in-the-worlds-tallest-residential-building/news-story/aa68c5bc1c488fe200cc2311303c7125

Hope everyone gets out.

I wonder if cladding similar to the Grenfell Tower's cladding was used.

TallGlass

old_aussie wrote: »

which quickly spread up one side of the structure.

Sounds and looks all to familiar.

BBC reports says it was evacuated safely

https://www.google.ie/amp/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-middle-east-40822269

Didn't another one go up last year or so and there was no fatalities?

Ah, just have BBC News on, this is the second time in 2 years it's gone up.

old_aussie

Torch Tower, hmmmm

Gatling

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Didn't another one go up last year or so and there was no fatalities?

Ah, just have BBC News on, this is the second time in 2 years it's gone up.

That's the one ,

Noveight

So the same tower has been on fire twice and there's been no fatalities? Surprising considering it has 80+ floors.

A Battered Mars Bar

Nothing to see here folks. State of the art building. No injures. Move along.

Philipx

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

Nothing to see here folks. State of the art building. No injures. Move along.

But it was harrowing! Social media onlookers were shocked by the rain of debris!

How can you be so dismissive? :eek::p:p:p:p

thomasj

Noveight wrote:

So the same tower has been on fire twice and there's been no fatalities? Surprising considering it has 80+ floors.

Probably just has a good emergency plan. Shows how lives can be saved when there is one!

Allinall

old_aussie wrote: »

Torch Tower, hmmmm

What an utterly crass and insensitive post.

I'm actually outraged that I didn't think of it first.

Samaris

The thing with the Dubai towers are that they're luxury blocks and you can bet that there are fire escape routes that don't, for instance, have exposed gas pipes to rupture along them in a fire. The whole cladding issue on Dubai towers has been brought up a number of times during the Grenfell investigation because they do have a bit of a tendency to erupt in flames, just the Dubai towers are a lot easier to get out of. Still must be fairly terrifying for those inside, but they're a lot safer in getting out than the Grenfell residents were.

Yis'd think that Dubai might start reconsidering the cladding based on the number of fires so far though. Are they waiting for a tragedy or something?

RobertKK

old_aussie wrote: »

Torch Tower, hmmmm

I was thinking the same, imagining naming a tower that and for it then to go on fire twice.

Harry Palmr

Say what you see

WoollyRedHat

RobertKK wrote: »

I was thinking the same, imagining naming a tower that and for it then to go on fire twice.

Ronseal.