Massive Fire Engulfs Dubai Skyscraper As Thousands Evacuate Amid Falling Debris

Mas­sive Fire Engulfs Dubai Sky­scraper, All Res­i­dents Safe­ly Evac­u­at­ed

A huge fire broke out around 9:30 p.m. on Fri­day at the 67-sto­ry Mari­na Pin­na­cle tow­er in Dubai Mari­na, home to 3,820 res­i­dents. Dubai Civ­il Defence teams extin­guished the blaze after six hours, with no injuries report­ed. All 764 apart­ments were evac­u­at­ed safe­ly, and tem­po­rary accom­mo­da­tions were arranged for affect­ed res­i­dents.

Pra­teek M., an Indi­an res­i­dent, described escap­ing with his fam­i­ly through thick smoke. “We are safe, and that’s what mat­ters,” he said. Anoth­er res­i­dent, Raza, returned to find roads blocked and helped neigh­bors find trans­porta­tion.

Author­i­ties are still inves­ti­gat­ing the cause, though video shows the fire start­ed on upper floors. A sim­i­lar fire had occurred in 2015 due to a kitchen mishap. Dubai’s RTA tem­porar­i­ly sus­pend­ed metro ser­vice near the area to sup­port fire­fight­ing efforts.