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"The guards were pretty frantic," said a resident. — -- Security guards inside one of the world's tallest residential towers ran from apartment to apartment as fire alarms blared, calling for ...

A blaze ripped through Dubai’s unfortunately named Torch Tower between 1 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. Friday morning, marking the second time in three years that the supertall luxury residential building has ...

A large fire broke out in a Dubai high-rise early Friday local time, sending flaming debris raining below and prompting an evacuation, authorities said. The building known as the Torch Tower was ...

One of the world’s tallest residential towers, Dubai’s Torch Tower, caught ablaze in the early hours of the morning, causing the evacuation of the building’s 676 units and leaving lasting damage to ...