Dubai skyscraper blaze creates towering inferno

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Fire broke out Thursday in a residential building near the world's tallest skyscraper in Dubai, where a massive New Year's fireworks display was set to be held. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire, which ran up at least 20 stories of the building near the Burj Khalifa, which is over half a mile tall, at about 2,715 feet.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Fire broke out Thursday in a residential building near the world's tallest skyscraper in Dubai, where a massive New Year's fireworks display was set to be held. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire, which ran up at least 20 stories of the building near the Burj Khalifa, which is over half a mile tall, at about 2,715 feet.…