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Glamour, the lifestyle that the world has come to know. it very interesting to say people were more subdued because this time of year would be the day that most of us would be seeing image of dubai in spectacular fashion. >> literally you couldn't see the -- from my vantage point here at burj in downtown, you couldn't see to the top because the smoke from the fire covered the burj khalifa the very top. it's bizarre because anywhere else you are in the world you always see the entire burj. but here so close you couldn't see the whole thing lit up because of the smoke at the top of burj khalifa....

And the embers from a structure lit multiple buildings in memphis on fire because large embers were flying through the sky and it was a windy night. some of the shots of the hotel, you see the smoke all going one way. because there's light winds. it's 63 stories tall. you're exactly right, the emergency goes beyond the hotel quite far. and also dubai with the fireworks, i think everything chief dunn says is spot-on and he knows what he's talking about. he's an expert in fire fighting, but i do just disagree with him on this one point. i don't think the city should have gone on with the firewor...

Of people there in the streets. again, on the left side of the screen we're now seeing pictures of people who were able to escape that massive hotel fire as the fireworks continue. a lot of the discussion happening online is about whether or not these fireworks should have gone forward at all, whether or not this should have taken place. many people in dubai saying that just that horrifyingly frightening image of a 63-story building on fire and the danger there of the debris falling. and you see that in your screen, on your screen right now. the debris falling from this hotel has been landing ...

Any form of level that would say, you know, question the fireworks going ahead in dubai. i think you've got -- if you're the authorities in dubai you've got to put what actually is the focus. and the focus is you have a 991-foot towering inferno, the address hotel, completely on fire. we've heard there are small explosions going on on the ground floors. we know, we've seen from some of the images there are piecing flying off the building. assessment has to be multifaceted. the assessment has to be, what is the condition, what is the likely condition of the building as we look forward in the ho...

Been following this. >> totally surreal, totally bizarre, and at the same time completely the middle east. as we look at the split screen, pictures from this 63-story luxury hotel residence complex totally involved in flames, then on the right side of your screen, the live pictures of the fireworks continues in dubai. at this hour, here's what we know according to civil defense folks. in dubai, and this is coming from their official media outlet, 14 people minor injuries, they're saying, from this hotel fire. it is important to note -- and you've been having this political discussion for the b...