UAE: Massive blaze engulfs two towers in Ajman

A massive fire has ripped through at least two residential buildings in the Swan area of the Persian Gulf city of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates.

According to local media, citing emergency services, the fire has been brought “under control.” Social media users posted images and footage of the fire late Monday showing bright yellow flames engulfing a building with chunks of burning debris falling to the ground.  

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There were no reports of casualties at the time and local media reported residents were evacuated to safety ...

UPDATE: Huge fire engulfs 2 towers of residential skyscraper in #Ajman UAE (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/vwVN7b7NbZ https://t.co/ngFe7VT5VX

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BREAKING: Huge fire engulfs skyscraper in UAE pic.twitter.com/kCb7RGMY9l https://t.co/ngFe7VT5VX

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Dubai 28 hour timelapse - re-cut

Interesting and beautiful time lapse of a famous city in the United Arab Emirates.








This timelapse was originally shot back in November 2011 and you can see the original, static, framing on this channel. I thought it was about time I had a go at re-cutting it to try to show some of the interesting stuff going on that perhaps you'd not notice if you watched the original "edit".

A few differences to the original upload. This is the 28 hour version, not just the 24 hours shown in the original, and it's now run at 30fps to try to get it to fit to the music a little better (I can only add the music after uploading, so can't quite nail the editing quite how I'd like to). White balance has been sorted out, and of course there's the pans and zooms to hopefully draw your attention to the stuff going on (watch out for Orion rising!). It still runs the sequential 28 hour timelapse unchanged though - no time editing going on here, just spacial edits.