Fire has broken out at Dubai Torch Tower.
The Torch tower, located in Dubai Marina, caught fire late Thursday night, various Arab media outlets reported.
The blaze is thought to have started at around 1am local time (10pm BST) before shooting up one side of the 86-storey building.
Footage captured from the scene shows the flames illuminating the night’s sky with debris cascading down onto the streets below.
As the tower burned many gathered below to watch the fire engulf it.
According to an eyewitness, Mr O’Nolan, the fire is still burning at the time of writing with “at least 15 floors in the centre still alight” but it has “diminished somewhat”.
Mr O’Nolan said that concerned authorities, including police and firefighters, have reached the site, Gulf News noted. “Smoke is everywhere. The streets are covered in debris,”
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