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  "textContent": "To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nA drone has hit a luxury skyscraper filled with homes in Dubai as Iran launches more strikes across the Middle East.\n\nA fire spread throughout the building in Dubai Creek Harbor in the United Arab Emirates after the missile was intercepted.\n\nFootage shows flames towards the apartment block, with all residents evacuated.\n\nNo injuries have been reported.\n\nThe UAE Ministry of Defence said: ‘UAE air defences are currently responding to missile and drone threats launched from Iran.’\n\nThe skyscraper contains luxury homes as well as hotel facilities.\n\n> Authorities have fully brought the fire under control, and all residents are safe. No injuries have been reported. pic.twitter.com/0WTqLurwPX\n>\n> — Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) March 11, 2026\n\nFootage shows flames towards the apartment block, with all residents evacuated (Picture: X)\n\nThe skyscraper contains luxury homes as well as hotel facilities (Picture: X)\n\nMissiles have rained down on the city since Iran has launched retaliatory strikes across the Middle East since the US and Israel bombed Tehran in Operation Epc Fury.\n\nFour people – two Ghanaian nationals, one Bangladeshi national and one Indian citizen – were injured near Dubai’s airport yesterday in a strike.\n\nOn Saturday, all flights in and out of Dubai were grounded, with one of the biggest airlines Emirates confirming they need to prioritise the safety of their staff.\n\nDubai International Airport usually records around 95 million passengers annually. In comparison, Heathrow, the UK’s biggest airport, handles around 84 million passengers annually.\n\nThe damage to the tower shown this morning (Picture: AP)\n\nBrits are now scrmabling to leave the city, as authorities clamp down on people videoing the strikes.\n\nA 60-year-old British man was arrested for filming strikes, but it is against the law to share material ‘that causes public panic or harms public order’.\n\nThe navy is readying evacuation warships to be deployed to help stranded British tourists and expats in Dubai.\n\nThe RFA Lyme Bay is being placed on ‘heightened readiness’ to be sent to the eastern Mediterranean to help Brits stuck in the Middle East.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence said: ‘As part of prudent planning, we have taken the decision to bring RFA Lyme Bay to heightened readiness as a precaution, should she be needed to assist in maritime tasks in the eastern Mediterranean.’\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,****check our news page**.\n\nComment now Comments  Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source ",
  "title": "Dubai apartment block engulfed in flames after it’s struck by drone"
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