A terrible New Years Eve fire engulfed The Address Downtown, a luxury Dubai room hotel with 196 rooms spread over 63 floors. Located next to the Dubai Mall, this was one the hotels most requested by my clients visiting Dubai. The Address Downtown was one of ten Virtuoso hotels in Dubai.
Many questions remain unanswered including the number of casualties and the cause of the fire. Apparently the exterior of Dubai's high rise towers built before 2013 were clad in flammable aluminum-polyurethane paneling. News reports indicate a number of injuries, including a fatality possibly resulting from a heart attack.
Our thoughts go out to those impacted by this devastating fire, especially to those who were injured and to the hotel's employees whose jobs and livelihood have literally gone up in flames this New Years.
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