Fire Breaks Out Near Dubai's New Year's Fireworks Display
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CBS NEWS) -- Fire engulfed a luxury building near the world's tallest skyscraper in Dubai on Thursday, where tens of thousands of people had gathered for a massive New Year's fireworks display.
"It just started climbing and started engulfing the building, and it kept just getting worse," John Hallenback, who saw the fire from a balcony about a kilometer away, told CBSN.
Arabic news organization Al Arabiya reported that one person died from a heart attack during the fire.
