2017-09-06
A large fire has ripped through a residential skyscraper in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates - for the second time in two years.
近日,一场大火席卷了阿联酋迪拜的一栋居民摩天楼,这已经是两年来的第二起(失火事件)了。
Footage posted on social media showed flames spreading up the Torch Tower, and burning debris falling down.
根据上传到社交媒体上的视频显示,火焰正向火炬大厦上层蔓延,燃烧中的碎片正往下落。
The authorities later said that civil defence workers "successfully evacuated" the building and the blaze was brought under control.
当局随后表示,民防局工作人员“成功疏散了”建筑物内的居民,火焰处于控制当中。
It is not clear what caused the fire in one of the world's tallest buildings.
目前尚不清楚是什么造成了这栋世界上最高的大厦之一失火。
"No injuries have been reported so far in the Torch Tower fire incident," the government of Dubai's media office tweeted.
迪拜政府媒体办公室发推称:“尚无人员在火炬大厦火灾中受伤的报告。”
It added that "cooling operations were under way".
推文补充道:“散热操作正在进行当中。”
The Torch Tower was damaged by an blaze in 2015.
据悉,火炬大厦曾于2015年在一次火灾中受损。