UAE skyscraper engulfed by fire

A blaze at a United Arab Emirates’ tower, the fourth fire in a little more than a year, has raised fears about the use of highly combustible aluminium composite panels on the exterior facades of skyscrapers

IRAN

PERSIAN GULF

Umm Al Qaywayn

Ajman

Sharjah

Fujayrah

Dubai

Abu Dhabi

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Al Ayn

SAUDI ARABIA

Strait of Hormuz

Ras al Khaymah 

OMAN

Gulf of Oman

OMAN

80km 50 miles

Feb 2015, Dubai: 79-storey Torch Skyscraper. Fire breaks out on 50th floor, 20 apartments on 10 floors destroyed. No major casualties

Oct, Sharjah: 32-storey Al-Nasser Tower. Fire leaves 250 families homeless. Lack of fire protection equipment blamed for spread of blaze

Dec 31, Dubai: 63-storey Address Downtown Hotel. Blaze engulfs exterior of luxury residence near to Burj Khalifa – world’s tallest building

Mar 28, 2016, Ajman: Latest fire erupts at 32-storey tower at Ajman One residential complex – development of 12 towers with some 3,000 apartments. Blaze quickly
spreads to second tower

Source: Gulf News

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