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I m not quite sure that people know what s going on. i think they are waiting for a fireworks display that is going to happen. what a contrast in these images we re seeing. we see this beautiful building. they are doing an extraordinary view of explaining what he s seeing from his zecht floor apartment balcony. you see the flames there the address hotel. and you are describing the people are rather confused. they are not sure what they are weight for if it s beginning to happen. ....
They ll have an assessment after the outcome. that is some of the challenges we have heard. there s some fire still there. just as you were talking, we were showing and now we re seeing it again live images on the right-hand side. we can see exactly what you re talking about. it is still burning, but mostly on the interior. and heavy smoke still on the outside. ken robinson is also with us. and currently at a local hospital not far from the address hotel. so ken, what are you able to see? what are you experiencing there? we can smell the fire, but wi can t see it from our side. it s a very large hospital. ....
It s not very accessible. i believe that s why probably they haven t been able to get equipment to the area. there are a million people there to see. some have come to see the fireworks display. has it been gridlock in the streets and making it difficult for fire help to get there? they typically shut the avenues down anywhere between 4:00 and 6:00. so it would have easy for the fire trucks to get in. many of the trucks were already here as a precaution. so i don t think it would have been a gridlock issue other than people. usually people move aside fairly quickly when a truck is coming down the street with lights on. bruce, thank you so much. we re going to continue to look at your vantage point and bring in dianna loesh. i understand, do you live across the street from the address hotel? ....
People seem to be moving along quite well. kim, thank you so much. it s been extraordinary to see the differences here of these screens. the opulence to the right with this extraordinary 25-minute fireworks display from the world s tallest building to the left, which is just about a kilometer away across the lake there the address hotel, that s what it s called, for those now just joining us. the address hotel in downtown dubai, which was fully boked. . it s a 5 star hotel, residence, restaurants, shopping mall, 63 stories tall, fully engulfed in flames. it continue d to burn as the fireworks display got. under way at the stroke of midnight there. it is 2016 in dubai. back with us is bruce. ....
so are you saying that s typically what happens? it goes dark before the fireworks display or it s usually lit. to that point, normally they will have the burj lit up with videos and et cetera all the way up until the fireworks until the countdown. right now they have shut all the lights off on the exterior. there s no displays. bruce, we re going to continue to take advantage of your beautiful vantage point from your balcony there of the skyline. sadly, we re e seeing the address hotel in flames. i want to bring in ta feek raheen, a witness to the fire. can you tell me where you were and to what extent were you a a witness? looks like we lost tafeek. we ll try u to reestablish our bruce, i want to bring you back. ....