Dubai skyscraper engulfed in flames
A massive fire broke out at the the Address Downtown Dubai hotel, hours before planned New Year's Eve celebrations nearby, Dec. 31, 2015.
At least 14 people were slightly injured and one person suffered a heart attack from the smoke and over-crowding during evacuation late Thursday, according to Dubai Media Office. The statement said another person was moderately injured, without elaborating further. No children were among those injured, it said.
The cause of the fire is unclear.
Dubai skyscraper fire
A picture taken on Dec. 31, 2015 shows the Address Downtown hotel burning after huge fire ripped through the luxury hotel near the world's tallest tower, in Dubai. People were gathering to watch New Year's Eve celebrations when the hotel caught on fire.
Dubai skyscraper fire
A picture taken on Dec. 31, 2015 the Address Downtown hotel burning after huge fire ripped through the luxury hotel near the world's tallest tower, in Dubai. People were gathering to watch New Year's Eve celebrations when the hotel caught on fire.
Dubai skyscraper fire
A fire engulfs The Address Downtown Dubai hotel in the United Arab Emirates Dec. 31, 2015.
Dubai skyscraper fire
People run away as a fire engulfs The Address Downtown Dubai hotel in the United Arab Emirates Dec. 31, 2015.
Dubai skyscraper fire
A fire engulfs The Address Downtown Dubai hotel in the United Arab Emirates Dec. 31, 2015.
Dubai skyscraper fire
A fire engulfs The Address Downtown Dubai hotel in the United Arab Emirates Dec. 31, 2015.
Dubai skyscraper fire
Flames rip through the Address Downtown hotel after it was hit by a massive fire, near the world's tallest tower, Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, on Dec. 31, 2015. People were gathering to watch New Year's Eve celebrations when the hotel caught on fire, with the cause of the blaze still unknown, according to authorities.
Dubai skyscraper fire
Wounded people are seen outside the Address Downtown Dubai hotel and residential block after a fire engulfed the skyscraper in downtown Dubai in the United Arab Emirates Dec. 31, 2015.
Dubai skyscraper fire
Medics evacuate a wounded woman outside the Address Downtown Dubai hotel and residential block after a fire engulfed the skyscraper in downtown Dubai in the United Arab Emirates Dec. 31, 2015.
Dubai skyscraper fire
Wounded people are seen outside the Address Downtown Dubai hotel and residential block after a fire engulfed the skyscraper in downtown Dubai in the United Arab Emirates Dec. 31, 2015.
Dubai skyscraper fire
Fireworks explode over Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower, close to where a huge fire in a luxury hotel injured more than a dozen people hours earlier, during New Year celebrations on Jan. 1, 2016. Fireworks display lit up the sky above Dubai close to where flames were still billowing from the 63-story Address Downtown hotel.
Dubai skyscraper fire
Smoke billows from the Address Downtown Hotel, after it caught on fire hours earlier, past fireworks, near the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower in Dubai, on Jan. 1, 2016.
Dubai skyscraper fire
Smoke billows from the Address Downtown Hotel, after it caught on fire hours earlier, past fireworks, near the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower in Dubai, on Jan. 1, 2016.
Dubai skyscraper fire
Smoke billows from the Address Downtown Hotel, after it caught on fire hours earlier, past fireworks, near the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower in Dubai, on Jan. 1, 2016.
Dubai skyscraper fire
Smoke billows from the Address Downtown Hotel, after it caught on fire hours earlier, past fireworks, near the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower in Dubai, on Jan. 1, 2016.