Fire swept through a 28-story skyscraper under construction in central Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, the latest in a series of at least five blazes to hit tall buildings in the United Arab Emirates over the last 18 months.
Thick black smoke billowed from the top 20 floors of the almost-completed commercial building in the UAE’s capital and firefighters, overseen by helicopters, were working to put the blaze out two hours after it started, witnesses said.
Civil Defense personnel helped construction workers in the building, as well as guests and staff at an adjacent luxury hotel, evacuate with no serious injuries, the witnesses said.
Early this month, a fire damaged part of a multi-story building under construction in Dubai. In July, a fire broke out in the residential 75-story Sulafa Tower in Dubai’s upscale Marina District.

Source: Arab News