Photos: Fire engulfs luxury hotel in Dubai

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Photos: Fire engulfs luxury hotel in Dubai

At least 16 people were injured after a large fire broke out in the luxury, 63-floor Address hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, just hours before the New Year's celebrations. Investigators are continuing to gather evidence as to what caused the fire.

The Address Downtown Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, continues to burn Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. At least 16 people were injured after a large fire broke out in the luxury, 63-floor high-rise hotel just hours before the New Year's celebrations. Investigators are continuing to gather evidence as to what caused the fire.

The massive fire in Dubai's Address Downtown Hotel is suspected to have started on the 20th floor of the 63-story building just hours before New Year's celebrations and spread through the outside of the structure.

The Address Downtown Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, continues to burn Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. At least 16 people were injured after a large fire broke out in the luxury, 63-floor high-rise hotel just hours before the New Year's celebrations. Investigators are continuing to gather evidence as to what caused the fire.

The Address Downtown Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, continues to burn Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. At least 16 people were injured after a large fire broke out in the luxury, 63-floor high-rise hotel just hours before the New Year's celebrations. Investigators are continuing to gather evidence as to what caused the fire.

The Address Downtown Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, continues to burn Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. At least 16 people were injured after a large fire broke out in the luxury, 63-floor high-rise hotel just hours before the New Year's celebrations. Investigators are continuing to gather evidence as to what caused the fire.

Smoke and flames pouring from a residential building, which also contains the Address Downtown Hotel, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday evening, Dec. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - DECEMBER 31: The Burj Khalifa is surrounded in smoke after a fire engulfed the nearby Address Downtown Hotel on December 31, 2015 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

Smoke and flames pouring from a residential building, which also contains the Address Downtown Hotel, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday evening, Dec. 31, 2015. (Sina Bahrami/@dearsina via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

In this photo provided by Trevor Hale, smoke and flames pour out from a residential building as a fire runs up some 20 stories of the high rise in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. Fire engulfed the luxury building near the world's tallest skyscraper in Dubai on Thursday as tens of thousands of people were gathering at its base for one of the world's largest New Year's fireworks displays. (Trevor Hale via AP)

Smoke and flames pouring from a residential building, centre, which also contains the Address Downtown Hotel, near the Burj Khalifa, centre left, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday evening, Dec. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

A fire engulfs The Address Hotel in downtown Dubai in the United Arab Emirates hours before a large New Year fireworks display was set to start nearby from the Burj Khalifa tower, the world's largest building, on Dec. 31, 2015. Flames shooting skywards enveloped the luxury hotel, which lies across a plaza from the Burj Khalifa, where hundreds of people were gathering to view a spectacular fireworks display due to start shortly to mark the New Year. The Dubai government's media office said on its Twitter feed that civil defense teams were working to evacuate the hotel and tackle the fire. (Gerard Al-Fil/Xinhua/Zuma Press/TNS)

Smoke and flames pouring from a residential building, which also contains the Address Downtown Hotel, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday evening, Dec. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Smoke and flames pouring from a residential building, which also contains the Address Downtown Hotel, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday evening, Dec. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

A fire runs up some 20 stories of a building in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. The fire broke out Thursday in a residential building near Dubai's massive New Year's Eve fireworks display. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire near the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest skyscraper at 828 meters (905 yards). (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Smoke and flames pouring from a residential building, which also contains the Address Downtown Hotel, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday evening, Dec. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

This image taken from AP video shows smoke and flames pouring from a residential building, which also contains the Address Downtown Hotel, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday evening, Dec. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

This image taken from AP video shows smoke and flames pouring from a residential building, which also contains the Address Downtown Hotel, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday evening, Dec. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

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The Address Downtown Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, continues to burn Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. At least 16 people were injured after a large fire broke out in the luxury, 63-floor high-rise hotel just hours before the New Year's celebrations. Investigators are continuing to gather evidence as to what caused the fire.

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