Ο ουρανοξύστης “πυρσός” πήρε φωτιά – ΦΩΤΟ

Πυρκαγιά ξέσπασε τις πρωινές ώρες του Σαββάτου στον 79όροφο του Torch Tower στο Ντουμπάι.

Εκατοντάδες άνθρωποι απομακρύνθηκαν αμέσως από τον ουρανοξύστη που είναι ένα από τα ψηλότερα κτίρια του κόσμου. Το εντυπωσιακό πολυώροφο κτίριο που έχει το σχήμα δάδας, βρίσκεται στην περιοχή Dubai Marina, όπου είναι και οι πολυτελείς οικείες μελών της οικογένειας που κυβερνά το εμιράτο του Περσικού Κόλπου.

Inferno: A massive blaze ripped through multiple storeys of the 86-storey Marina Torch tower in Dubai early Saturday

Ο ουρανοξύστης Torch Tower, έχει ύψος 330 μέτρα και θεωρείται ένα από τα αρχιτεκτονικά στολίδια του Ντουμπάι.

Μετά από πολύωρη προσπάθεια και με τη μεγάλη κινητοποίηση της Πυροσβεστικής επετεύχθη η κατάσβεση της φωτιάς, με τη μία πλευρά του ουρανοξύστη να έχει υποστεί πολύ μεγάλη καταστροφή.

Hazardous: The fire broke out at about 2am local time on the north-east end of the densely populated district

Δείτε τις φωτογραφίες από την καταστροφή:

Burned: External cladding on the corner of more than two dozen storeys from roughly the 51st floor to the top of the Torch (pictured) were mangled and charred black

Scorched: The flammable cladding on the outside of the building was incinerated in the blaze and crashed down to the ground below

Beacon: Dozens of stories in the 86-storey Torch skyscraper left several apartments severely damaged

Aftermath: Two men inspect the damage on the decimated balcony of one of the apartments in the TorchAftermath: Two men inspect the damage on the decimated balcony of one of the apartments in the Torch

Damage: Parts of the flammable cladding - which fell and set fire to lower parts of the building - fell on resident's balconies

Falling debris: Even the apartments that bore no visible signs of damage were littered with charred cladding

Off limits: One resident of the Marina Torch took this picture from his balcony - showing the charred debris polluting the building's outdoor pool 

Safety risk: Police blocked off areas around the Torch, which still had power, and the lights were on in many of the flats

Emergency: A resident of the Marina Torch, Steve Short, 53, of Liverpool, praised the work of firefighters who arrived quickly

Destruction: High winds whipped through the area and debris from the fire cluttered nearby streets after the blaze appeared to be extinguished

Evacuation: Thousands of residents abandoned the high-rise Marina Torch and the neighboring buildings when it caught on fire and debris began falling all around

Flammable: The same blackened external material on the Torch (pictured) was blamed for another fire at a luxury Dubai complex in November 2012

Cleanup: As daylight broke, residents waiting across the street to be allowed back home were able to see the extent of the blaze

Engulfed: Residents of the Marina Torch (left) said falling debris from where the fire started set lower parts of the building aflame

Flaming material falling from the initial fire then set a lower part of the building ablaze, residents have said

Tamweel blaze: According to Gulf Business , some experts blamed faulty air-conditioning caused the accident while others have said sub-standard cladding material caused the blaze

Blaze: In November 2012 (pictured) , experts blamed the same external coating for the inferno that engulfed another luxury Dubai development known as the Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)

Πηγή: dailymail 

  

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