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More than 10 people have been injured after a huge fire broke out at the Address Hotel in Dubai.

Emergency services were called to the scene on New Year’s Eve.

The incident has caused mass chaos with people running for safety in nearby malls.

Dramatic footage has emerged showing the blaze take hold of the building.


The Dubai Media Office confirmed there were 14 people injured.

People run away as a fire engulfs the nearby The Address Hotel (Picture: REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah)

People are running away! This is so horrific!!!!! Falling on people's houses pic.twitter.com/gq9AXEyTJr — Atieh S (@AtiehS) December 31, 2015

Our whole hotel has just gone up in flames just as we was about to tuck in to our NYE dinner #TheAddress #Dubai pic.twitter.com/PqIpxVP2wn — Scott Shashua (@ScottShashua) December 31, 2015

People running to safety inside #DubaiMall after fire at The Address hotel, Downtown – (KT/Dhes Handumon) pic.twitter.com/a4HFHFwemg — Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) December 31, 2015

The towering inferno appears to have ripped through the majority of the hotel.

It was not immediately clear what caused the fire, which ran up at least 20 stories of the building near the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest skyscraper.



Burning debris rained down from the building as firetrucks raced to the scene.

Early reports suggested there were no injuries.

A huge fireworks display kicked off at the Burj Khalifa as smoke poured from the nearby hotel.

‘There are no injuries, thank God … of course, it will not affect the celebration,’ Major General Rashed al-Matrushi, general director of the Dubai Civil Defence, told the live broadcast earlier this evening.

Witnesses say the fire started in minutes (Picture: Mail Online)

Smoke billows from the Address Downtown Hotel (R), after it caught on fire hours earlier, past fireworks, near the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower in Dubai (Picture: Getty Images)

The fire at the Address Downtown reported to have originated from outside 20th floor of hotel, has not spread inside — Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) December 31, 2015

الحريق الذي اندلع في فندق العنوان داون تاون بدء في الطابق 20، من خارج البرج فقط — Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) December 31, 2015

. @DXBMediaOffice: New Year celebrations in Dubai will continue as scheduled #MyDubaiNewYear — Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) December 31, 2015

Very sad and worrying… The fire at The Address Downtown #Dubai spread flames to the Old Town apartments pic.twitter.com/h3chUeaXG6 — Vengat (@coolvnkt) December 31, 2015

The Address hotel in #dubai is on fire!!! pic.twitter.com/sr8zPZ10Ba — Sarah Ebeid (@SarahEbeid) December 31, 2015

Oh my god – fire at the Address hotel, Downtown Dubai hope everyone is safe, it's so busy out there pic.twitter.com/XZenTxojtd — Katy Bow (@KatyPBow) December 31, 2015