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Smoke billowed across Dubai today after a fire broke out in a high-rise complex under construction near Dubai's biggest shopping mall.
The site is next to the Dubai Mall and near the 63-story The Address Downtown Dubai tower, which was badly damaged by fire on New Year's Eve 2015.
Flames licked out of the lower levels of the building and bangs could be heard every few minutes as propane gas tanks used by welders blew up.
Eyewitness Anthea Ayache said: 'It was plumes and plumes of black smoke. It looks like it was quite low down.
'There's so many fire brigades, so they seem to have gotten on top of it very quickly.'
Firefighters bravely tackled the blaze and it appears there have not been any casualties.
Dubai-based journalist Ahmed Rasoul tweeted video footage of the fire earlier today.
The fire at The Address Residences Fountain Views towers was later brought under control.
The complex is being built by Emaar Properties, who built The Address Downtown Dubai hotel, which caught fire on December 31, 2015 blaze.
There have been several fires in skyscrapers in Dubai and some safety experts have cited a popular type of cladding covering the buildings that can be highly flammable.