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| Dubai tower fire injures workers | |
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| Dozens of workers have been injured after being trapped by flames in a fire that engulfed a high-rise building under construction in Dubai. | |
| Workers were seen on upper floors waving towels and hanging on to scaffolding as black smoke billowed. | Workers were seen on upper floors waving towels and hanging on to scaffolding as black smoke billowed. |
| Ambulances and firefighters rushed to the scene. Up to 25 people have been taken to hospital, officials said, with some apparently seriously injured. | |
| The building is one of a cluster being constructed on the Dubai marina. | |
| Witnesses said the fire broke out around 1230 (0730 GMT) and it was some time before the emergency services arrived. | Witnesses said the fire broke out around 1230 (0730 GMT) and it was some time before the emergency services arrived. |
| A helicopter was unable to land on the roof, they said, as workers began to climb down to escape the fire. | A helicopter was unable to land on the roof, they said, as workers began to climb down to escape the fire. |
| "One guy in red was trying to climb down and then he just fell. It was horrible," Louise Olson, who lives opposite the tower, told the Associated Press news agency. | "One guy in red was trying to climb down and then he just fell. It was horrible," Louise Olson, who lives opposite the tower, told the Associated Press news agency. |
| "It was kind of like 9/11," AP quoted another witness, Steven Wullinger, as saying after seeing the falling man. | "It was kind of like 9/11," AP quoted another witness, Steven Wullinger, as saying after seeing the falling man. |
| The fire has now been brought under control. | |
| Many construction workers in the United Arab Emirates are Asians, mainly from the Indian subcontinent. | |
| But officials have not announced the nationality of the casualties. | |
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