Dubai fire!

Fire in Hotel near the Burj Khalifa!!

Do you think the fireworks display will be cancelled as a result?
This is really sad as there is likely a large loss of life too! :frown:

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Reply 1

Skip_Snip

I guess they should have followed the leads of all those cities in Europe who cancelled stuff from fear of terrorism...

Reply 2

imrank786

Original post by Skip_Snip

I guess they should have followed the leads of all those cities in Europe who cancelled stuff from fear of terrorism...

So you're assuming this was a terrorist attack?

Reply 3

Architecture-er

They won't cancel the fireworks, too much money goes into the setting up of them and it's a huge yearly feature for them

Shouldn't be any casualties (hopefully), the tower is built to regs and has plenty of fire resistant circulation cores

Reply 4

Vaginal_Rights

Original post by Skip_Snip

I guess they should have followed the leads of all those cities in Europe who cancelled stuff from fear of terrorism...

Original post by imrank786

So you're assuming this was a terrorist attack?

Don't be stupid, it's not a terrorist attack.

Reply 5

Craig1998

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35207451

There is no word on the cause.

Too early to guess the cause yet.

Reply 6

HAnwar

Fireworks should be cancelled regardless.
Ridiculous the amount of money that goes into them.

Reply 7

shawn_o1

"They won't cancel the fireworks"? There were no fireworks. Oh the irony.

Edit: there were fireworks after all, they were late

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 8

StrawbAri

Happy new year Dubai!!!!! :biggrin:

The fireworks are going off without a hitch and the fire is just burning in the background like old news :biggrin:

Also no one died :biggrin:

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 9

imrank786

Original post by Vaginal_Rights

Don't be stupid, it's not a terrorist attack.

looooooool did i say it was, i was amazed at his stupidy.

Reply 10

Hamoody

Original post by StrawbAri

Happy new year Dubai!!!!! :biggrin:

The fireworks are going off without a hitch and the fire is just burning in the background like old news :biggrin:

Also no one died :biggrin:

Are you in Dubai???

Reply 11

Sae.HH

Original post by HAnwar

Fireworks should be cancelled regardless.
Ridiculous the amount of money that goes into them.

They piss away so much money I don't think the thought of cancelling fireworks would even cross their mind :p:

Reply 12

HAnwar

Original post by Sae.HH

They piss away so much money I don't think the thought of cancelling fireworks would even cross their mind :p:

Yeah true.

Reply 13

Nephthys

Notice that the building didn't just collapse for a fire

Reply 14

kandykissesxox

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3381122/Couple-post-inappropriate-selfie-hotel-inferno-caption-dear-Dubai-surprise-biggest-fireworks.html disgraceful.

Reply 15

Et Tu, Brute?

Original post by Nephthys

Notice that the building didn't just collapse for a fire

Yes, the building which was built in a different way, different period of time, with different materials, caught fire in a different way etc etc didn't collapse after it caught fire.

That can only mean one thing....9/11 was an inside job.

Spoiler

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 16

DiddyDec01

Original post by Nephthys

Notice that the building didn't just collapse for a fire

Notice how there isn't a plane lodged in the side of it.

Reply 17

Nephthys

Original post by DiddyDec

Notice how there isn't a plane lodged in the side of it.

Notice how building 7 was never hit by a plane

Reply 18

MatureStudent36

Original post by Nephthys

Notice that the building didn't just collapse for a fire

That's because in many cases they're designed not to fall down with a normal fire and also because the non fire resistant cladding on the outside of the building.

Architects and structural engineers are always improving. Lessons learnt are continually being incorporated into new designs.