Watch: UAE skyscraper goes up in flames

Newsweek 7 hours ago 

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A huge fire has damaged at least two residential tower blocks in the United Arab Emirates, the third time buildings in the Gulf nation have gone up in smoke in just over a year. The fire hit a tower in the Ajman emirate, north of Dubai, on Monday before spreading to an adjacent block. No casualties were reported as hundreds of residents were evacuated, although some have reportedly received treatment for breathing problems and other minor injuries, the BBC reported. The Ajman civil defense said on Tuesday that the fires had been extinguished. Images and videos on social media showing large chunks of burning debris falling from one of the buildings. The fire started in the Ajman One complex, which ...