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They do mock drills and fire drills constantly in buildings like this. in dubai those plans are in place. we heard some of the other commentators talking about the thing done in their buildings. np building is no different. one of the hotels along the water where the display is now, they do those kind of drills as well. so a lot of that goes into effect. the fire personnel, et get in and assist. . >> we are heard there were sprinkler systems and those were under way. clearly the systems are not putting out the fire, so is this an instance where they have no other recourse but to let the buldin...

There are no casualties as far as authorities are concerned. >> and that's what's so extraordinary here. . this fire is breathtaking. it is frightening. this is a multipurpose address. the address hotel is not just a hotel but it's a residence and there's a mall. explain what you know about this particular building. >> looks like we lost becky there. i wonder if bruce is still with us. he's providing this incredible image from this balcony. if you can join me again. what do you know about the use of this multipurpose building that it's a mall, it's residence and also a hotel. >> so there's ret...

Not notice the fire to the left of them. many of them said, yeah, it was a fire and happened two hours ago and have it under control. so they continued watching the fireworks display to the right of them. >> and no one seemed to be alarmed or concerned about the explosions or felt confident that officials are telling them it's contained, they go with that? >> yeah, they seem to be confident of it. i tried to get into the backside of the area, which is the entry to the mall. they did close off that perimeter. i don't know if they were being evacuated, but they were not let ing people in. i am o...

Or could occur during these new year's celebrations. we were reporting on the higher preparedness of times square this year. i think there's a sense that people are concerned bt get. ing on with these new year's celebrations that everybody is allowed to enjoy them. there was no sense at all that this was any sort of terrorist incident here. it was clearly, as far as authorities are concerned, a fire that broke out in a building very, very close to where tens if not hundreds of thousands of people are gathered for these fireworks celebrations. fire breaks out in the hotel at about 9:35 p.m. loc...

Speak more to the control that officials had of this fire and their containment and the confidence that they would be a able to prevent this mass you have fire from growing or get. ing worse that they could carry on with the revelry here to ring in the new year? >> that's a decision they have to make based on resources. i would imagine that that was thought out for an hour or two prior to the fireworks display. my concern right now would be the groundwork that's being done around that hotel to ensure that all those vehicles were evacuated out of there. obviously, the building is evacuated. >> ...