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Injuries. glenn corbette, fire expert, thanks so much for being with us. of course we're going to continue to watch the developments here. the investigation really just beginning. this extraordinary fire at the address hotel in downtown dubai taking place. the fire starting about two hours before the stroke of midnight. and then of course you saw what happened at the stroke of midnight there in dubai, the 2016 celebration got under way. a spectacular fireworks display at the world's tallest building. and presumably still the 1 million people expected to converge there in downtown dubai did jus...

Whole area has been e evacuated. trying to join in the festivities here. we are completely sold out here tonight. it's a real shame for people who have come to downtown dubai to see the fireworks. they have been e evacuated to safer areas. it's a lot of people. estimated 1 million people come to downtown dubai to see the fireworks spectacular. it's just good to hear they are safe. what i can see at the moment i'm looking directly at the stage. i can see while the fire was happening it was lit by lights and you can see it was prominent in the skyline. i don't know why u but those lights have go...

Right now of course until we do a much thorough investigation. >> uh-huh. so how might they go about trying to investigate the source of this fire and the repidty of its spread? >> so this is really important to study exactly not so much even how the fire started but what gave it the ferocity we saw here this afternoon. it's very possible since this fire apparently spread vertically up the outside of the building as opposed to the inside points directly to what they used as an exterior finish on the building. we've had fires like these in the past that use synthetic plastics for decorative pur...

We're showing images from recorded earlier where it looks like the fire was in the beginning stages. we're unable to get the live view, so can you describe what you're seeing? when we hear fushls say 90% contained, from your vantage point are you seeing a diminishing of flames? >> i'm seeing diminishing of flames. flames, you couldn't see along the side of the building on the exterior structure. it's probably a good chance it would have caught fire.

It wasn't a stampede. because of the logistical preparations, it appeared to aid in the evacuation. i never felt like i'm going to get run over. >> that's incredible because you're a very calm as you tell the story. we're 45 minutes away from what would be that huge fireworks display at the hotel just across the waterway from this fire. we hear from officials that the fireworks display is still scheduled to go on. while this fire is still underway and you say people are very calm, there didn't appear to be running, i gather from you or any real panic. are you still making your way to the hotel...