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The inside and then travel, you know, using what could have been an accellerant of this fire. >> i understand these buildings have balconies on them, the fact the sprinklers leads to believe the fire did start outside. the sprinkler system even if it was an intentional fire most likely would have been slowed down by the sprinklers. but the fact you had such a large volume of fire on the outside of the building pretty much overwhelmed the sprinkler system that's there. and my guess is the fire department is probably trying to do the best they can to pump as much water into it as they can at lea...

There could be an issue there. >> what's your understanding? you said you have preekt froed the address. are there several restaurants throughout that building say one on the rooftop or mid-way? i heard one of the patrons who was at a restaurant on the ground level earlier describe what she thought the fire to begin on the 20th floor. >> the restaurants are probably -- there's a ground floor level that would be the lobby and maybe a couple floors down all the way to the where the fountains would be. and after that, there's all hotels and residents until you get to the top. then there's one res...

The fireworks display is still on schedule. so woolsey because it's half an hour from now. but what i see at the moment right now there's another fire starting up on the side of the building heavy smoke coming up at the lower building of the dress. if i can, plain to you more, i'm standing just in front of the burj khalifa tower where i can see clearly just in front of me. >> so hold on a moment. we're also looking at a clear vantage point from another resident's balcony. and bruce, we understand some people heard some explosions or

And rising. >> and while we're talking, we have reracked some video on the right-hand side of the screen. you might end up seeing an explosion or some kind of extra burst of fire, there is it is right there as we're talking. so this is about what you saw earlier. and what you have been describing over the last few seconds here. all this happening, we're now 11 minutes away from that scheduled fire works display. >> which is pretty dark right now. . >> yeah. and what do you think u that means? officials are saying the fireworks display is still going to happen now 11 minutes from now that it we...

Identi i've been there for many events. it's a great destination. many dignitaries and royalty do stay there. so it's probably it was i knew what potentially could happen. a couple years ago we had a fire in a similar hotel and i saw the same thing happening here. >> and so we know upwards of a million people would be there in dubai for an incredible fireworks display on new year's eve. are people generally out in the streets? or are people spend iing their time in these high-rises to get particular vantage point of the fireworks? >> a lot of people are in residents, but as you look down, ther...