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Dubai's 86-story Torch tower catches fire

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GK86

Homeland Security Fail
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Subv3rsi0n said:
https://twitter.com/DXBMediaOffice/status/893234689917542401

Dubai Media Office
@DXBMediaOffice

Dubai Civil Defence has successfully evacuated the Torch Tower and is working to bring the fire under control

No injuries have been reported so far in the Torch Tower fire incident
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s_mirage said:
Now under control apparently:

https://twitter.com/DXBMediaOffice/status/893254786249879552
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I had to double and triple check that this wasn't old news, but it looks like it is on fire AGAIN.

The Associated Press @AP

BREAKING: Dubai's 86-story Torch tower, one of the world's tallest residential buildings, catches fire.

Video:

https://twitter.com/AnaDemendoza_/status/893231416007421952
https://twitter.com/dhuyanik/status/893229323745972224


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M

MercuryLS3

Junior Member
i actually stayed there before, left right before the first fire happened. Like i left the day before. They really should change the name lol
 
J

jayu26

Member
Wasn't there another skyscraper in Dubai that caught fire last year? I honestly thought this was a thread bump.

Seems to be under control now.

Edit: it was same building! Damn.
 
I

inner-G

Banned
THat's really weird, it's like a vertical stripe up the side of the building.

Maybe it was in some kind of pipe or elevator shaft?
 
s_mirage

s_mirage

Member
Dubbedinenglish said:
So how do they even fight a fire that high? I guess relying on the building's fire systems?
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Provided there isn't significant ingress into the building, I assume they can send fire fighters inside. Unlike Grenfell tower, this is a new building with assumedly good fire suppression systems, so it should burn itself out if they can keep the fire mainly limited to the outside cladding.
 
K

kirblar

Member
Getting everyone evac'd from the building is actually impressive.

Now if they'd just figure out how to stop making the building become a literal torch.
 
P

Poppy

Member
screw this, i'm living in the asbestos tower

word around town is that it has a surprisigly low rate of mesothelioma
 
s_mirage

s_mirage

Member
If I'm reading the pictures and the plans right, this fire and the last one seem largely limited to the balcony areas of the apartments, which probably explains how it's out so quickly.
 
Monocle

Monocle

Member
So when will they finish Torch Tower's companion building, the Conflagration Station? I hear they're going to save loads of money constructing it with gasoline soaked paper mache instead of traditional materials.
 
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