The Address Downtown Dubai

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The Address Downtown Dubai
فندق العنوان داون تاون
The Address Downtown Dubai
The Address Downtown Dubai on December 27, 2015, four days before the major fire
Basic data
Place: Dubai , United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates 
Construction time : 2005-2008
Status : Built
Architectural style : Postmodern
Architect : Atkins
Use / legal
Usage : Hotel, apartments
Room : 822
Owner : Emaar Properties
Technical specifications
Height : 306 m
Height to the top: 306 m
Rank (height) : 22nd place (Dubai)
Floors : 63
Building material : Structure: reinforced concrete ; Facade: glass , aluminum

The The Address Downtown Dubai ( in Arabic فندق العنوان داون تاون; formerly The Address Downtown Burj Dubai and Burj Dubai Lake Hotel & Serviced Apartments ) is a skyscraper in Dubai .

The building is 306 meters high and has 63 floors. The lower 12 floors are used as a 5-star hotel with 196 rooms. Above this there are 626 serviced apartments and a bar on the 63rd floor. The building is located in the Downtown Dubai district .

Major fire at the turn of the year 2015/2016

The Address Downtown Dubai on January 5, 2016, four days after the fire

On December 31, 2015, a few hours before the planned New Year's Eve celebration, a major fire broke out between the 14th and 15th floors of the building. A guest from the 18th floor reported the smell of burning and smoke to the reception, the evacuation of the building was completed at around 9:45 p.m. The neighboring Dubai Mall was also evacuated for security reasons.

When the fire broke out, the hotel was fully booked. 14 people were injured, 16 people suffered smoke inhalation, and one person suffered a smoke-induced heart attack.

After a few hours, the fire was extinguished on January 1, 2016. A short circuit in the cable of a dimmed lamp in the facade lighting was found to be the cause of the fire. The facade panels made of insulating material placed between aluminum had a fire-promoting effect . The fire spread over at least 20 of the 63 floors.

The journalist Paule Knete, who was an eyewitness to the fire, criticized the reporting by CNN and some German media as unprofessional and described it as "disinformation".

See also

Web links

Commons : The Address Downtown Dubai  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Fire breaks out in The Address Downtown Dubai. In: The National . Accessed December 31, 2015 .
  2. Fire at downtown Dubai's highrise address hotel. In: CNN . Accessed December 31, 2015 .
  3. Blaze engulfs Dubai skyscraper near world's tallest building. In: Reuters . Accessed December 31, 2015 .
  4. Survivors of Dubai fire describe 'pandemonium' as luxury hotel goes up in flames. In: Daily Star . January 1, 2016, accessed January 1, 2016 .
  5. m.thenational.ae  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / m.thenational.ae  
  6. Dark side of the fire - how German media burn their fingers. In: handelsblatt.com. January 3, 2016, accessed January 5, 2016 .

Coordinates: 25 ° 11 ′ 38 "  N , 55 ° 16 ′ 45"  E