Dubai authorities are investigating the cause of a huge fire that broke out at a hotel in the city's downtown district ahead of the emirate's New Year celebrations.
Only minor injuries were reported after the blaze at the 63-storey Address Downtown hotel, close to the world's tallest skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa.
A witness who was in the Dubai hotel complex when a major fire broke out outside the building's 20th floor this evening has described the scenes of people charging towards the exit to evacuate the building "like something out of Jurassic Park".
Dan Richardson who was having a New Year's Eve drink at a bar in The Address hotel when smoke started billowing round the corner said the whole thing was "a bit of a shock to the system."
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