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Fire rips through Dubai skyscraper
- angersock 12y agoFirst line of article: A fire has ripped through the Torch skyscraper in Dubai, one of the tallest residential buildings in the world. Points for accuracy in naming, I suppose. :|
- mveety 12y agoAre they sure it wasn't on fire before now?
- jmcmahon443 12y agoWhoa. This is only the second intense fire in a skyscraper that I know of. The first being the original 7 World Trade Center on September 11th. Modern fire protection standards should be able to handle stuff like this. I know the code in New York is so strict, we would never see something like this. I bet they are still having problems creating and enforcing building codes over there, given that it is a relatively new build environment.