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High-rise fire traps workers in Dubai
One fell from the 37-story tower, witnesses say.
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published January 19, 2007
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A high-rise apartment building under construction caught fire Thursday, injuring up to 25 workers and trapping others in smoke as rescue crews scrambled to reach them. Two witnesses said they saw a man fall from one of the 37-story building's upper floors, but police and fire officials refused to comment. Hospital officials said three laborers were in serious condition. "Some of the workers were trying to climb down on cables. One guy in red was trying to climb down and then he just fell. It was horrible," said Louise Olson, 25, from Denmark, who watched from her whirlpool bath in a high-rise that faces the burning tower. Black smoke billowed from the upper floors of the glass-sheathed building, located in a cluster of apartment towers under construction in Dubai. One man scaling the outside of the building got stuck on a narrow ledge on the 13th floor and was rescued after balancing on his precarious perch for more than an hour. Rescuers eventually smashed windows to pull him to safety. Witnesses said the fire broke out around midday and burned for at least an hour before fire trucks arrived.
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