Fire rips through Dubai Marine Torch for second time since 2015

A fire has ripped through one of Dubai's tallest towers, the Dubai Marina Torch. Several residents fled the building after the fire ripped through the building. This is incidentally the second blaze to hit the skyscraper in as many years.

Authorities said no casualties were reported from the blaze which erupted in the middle to upper floors of The Torch, once the tallest residential development in the world.

The Civil Defence said that at around 3.30 am, the firefighters had brought the blaze under control. There are no injuries reported they also said. Several skyscrapers in the United Arab Emirates have caught fire in recent years, including a towering inferno that engulfed a 63-story luxury hotel in Dubai on New Year's Eve in 2016. In that blaze, as in others in Dubai in recent years, residents escaped without major injury.

Authorities said the building was successfully evacuated as dozens of firefighters brought the flames under control. Videos showed debris falling the damaged building onto surrounding areas as terrified locals watched on.

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