79-storey skyscraper Torch Tower in Dubai engulfed by fire

#torchtower #dubai #tamweel The Torch Tower in Dubai is a 79-storey skyscraper and one portion of it was engulfed in a huge fire that sent the residents fleeing the scene from the 1100ft tall building as reported in news.sky.com dated 21 February 2015.
As revealed by witnesses, the blaze apparently started at around 2am in the middle of the residential building and rapidly spread across some 15 floors. Videos posted on social media websites showed multiple floors of the high-rise ablaze and strong winds fanned the flames while burning debris rained down from building.
Fire alarms had alerted residents and the building management sent workers to the doors to ensure that the residents got out. The fire was brought under control after several hours and no casualty has been reported.
The Torch Tower is located in the Marina district of the city has and 79 floors. It is one of the world's tallest residential buildings and the apartments are popular with Dubai's large number of expatriate professionals.
Marina district is home to a number of towering apartment blocks and hotels that have come up in the last decade. The reason for the fire in Torch Tower is still not known but, in 2012, there was a huge blaze that had gutted the 34-Tamweel tower in the nearby Jumeirah Lake Towers district – that fire had started from a cigarette butt that was thrown into a bin.