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Waiting for the fireworks to go off in the next hour. there hasn't been an announcement whether that will continue or not based on the situation. >> cnn talked to an eyewitness earlier at the address who was at a restaurant on the ground level and she said that the staff was amazing and seemed to really know what to do in case of this fire. talk to me about the concern. you're an american living there in dew by. your concern or the concern of others about the high-rises there and safety and e evacuations, what kind of drillings happen on a regular basis even. >> so in my building particul part...

Injuries and that the evacuations have been very well orchestrated. >> yeah, i think those eyewitnesss are spot on. this has been a terrible event. the aftermath very well organized. 14 minor injuries, one described as medium. and one suffering a heart attack as a result of this fire, which we believe broke out in one of the rooms on the 20th floor of this hotel. you point out this is a 5 star hotel, but it's mixed complex. this is a hotel and residential compound. it's 63 stories. and according to one source at the airport that we spoke to earlier on this was a hotel that

Key it has to be said this evening. but the firework display went on. and life does go on in dubai, as you can see. >> and they have just demonstrated that in a very big way. becky anderson, thank you so much. let's continue talking about this extraordinary fire and display of calmness there and order in downtown dubai based on all the information that we've learned from officials thus far. glenn corbet is a fire official. you heard officials believe this fire may have begun on the 20th floor with a curtain of some sort. does that square with you knowing how quickly this fire has burned based ...

People in place, shrlt it in place where they are where there's no problem, let them have the time on the roads to contain the fire, allow first responders to move back and forth freely because many of the roads have been closed for hours due to the containment of the preparation for the fire display. so there was only a few routes that would be available and they would have created massive choke points so they made a smart move and made it quickly to maintain control of the population. remember, this is an incredibly diverse population of people from all over the world who have come to this h...

From the building. we'll be honest now. earlier on, i would say until about ten minutes ago, it was lit up with screens. they have been turned off. the fireworks will go ahead as planned. with all the chaos here, security did a very good job in reassuring that the party is okay, everybody is safe and the entire community will carry out as planned. >> just to underscore what you said. officials are indeed saying to us that the light show, the fireworks display is still scheduled to happen. now 31 minutes from now. the world's tallest bulding. and we also understand from officials that 14 report...