The Address Downtown is on fire, with the flames reaching from the ground floor up another 40 storeys of the 63 floor building.
It was not immediately clear what caused the blaze at the five star hotel, which is near the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest skyscraper, where the New Year's display was due to begin.
Authorities have said the display is still going ahead. Fire rips through five star Dubai hotel just yards from where tens of thousands were preparing to see in the New Year
The Address Downtown is currently on fire in the Middle Eastern city
The flames appear to run up at least 40 storeys of the exclusive hotel
The hotel is just across a lake from the Burj Khalifa, world's tallest building
It is unclear whether anyone has been injured in the fire, which can be seen across the city
Dubai building ablaze near NYE fireworks display location
Burning debris rained down from the building as firetrucks raced to the scene. No one was injured.
The hotel chain has retweeted another message, which says: 'A fire has been reported in the Address Downtown hotel. Authorities are currently on-site to address the incident swiftly and safely #Dubai'
The fire, which is only on the outside of the building, started on the 20th floor, according to the account.
The hotel is just moments from where the city was about to celebrate the start of 2016.
The city was planning on three spectacular displays, beginning at the Burj Khalifa, which organisers said was fitted with 400,000 LED lights. They said 1.6 tons of fireworks would be used in the display.
The Downtown is just across a lake from the Burj Khalifa.
he cause of the fire is not yet known, nor is it known whether anyone has been hurt in the fire
From there, the fireworks were to light up the sky around the sail-shaped Burj Al Arab and later down near the Dubai Marina.
Fireworks also will be on display in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the country of seven emirates.
It is the second blaze at a Dubai skyscraper this year, after the Marina Torch tower was engulfed in flames in the early hours of February 21.
Hundreds of people were evacuated from one of the world’s tallest residential buildings, as a large blaze ripped through multiple floors of the tower.
After firefighters extinguished the blaze, residents could see the external cladding on the corners of the building was charred black and mangled for dozens of floors.
Nobody was killed, but seven people were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation. Mailonline
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