Flames shoot up the sides of the Torch tower residential building in the Marina district, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in this August 4, 2017 picture by Mitch Williams. Mitch Williams/Social Media Website via REUTERSPanicked residents fled one of the tallest towers in Dubai early Friday after a fire ripped through it, the second blaze to hit the skyscraper in as many years. Please join us on our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/bangkokpostlearningBlaze rips through Dubai skyscraper 'The Torch'AFP – Panicked residents fled one of the tallest towers in Dubai early Friday after a fire ripped through it, the second blaze to hit the skyscraper in as many years. Dubai authorities later said the fire had been put out. Another view of the fire at the 1,105 foot tall Torch tower skyscraper on August 4, 2017 in Dubai with lights still on in the lower part of the building.

Source: Bangkok Post August 04, 2017 04:07 UTC