Man hangs from balcony to escape New Year’s Eve fire


Smoking tower: The Address Downtown skyscraper being engulfed by fire as fireworks explode over the Burj Khalifa during the New Year’s celebrations in Dubai. — Reuters

DUBAI: Grasping the edge of a balcony 48 stories from the ground, just metres away from a raging fire, the photographer thought he may not live to see 2016.

“One hour, then that’s it, I’m dead,” he thought as he stood on the tiny sill of a balcony in Dubai’s luxury The Address Downtown hotel, attached by a rope to a massive window-cleaning platform.

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