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Was Dubai hotel fire caused by a burning curtain?

New questions continue to be raised about how the building caught fire so quickly

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It is likely that the cause of the massive fire erupted at luxury Dubai hotel, Address Downtown, on New Year’s Eve is a burning curtain.

Although authorities in Dubai have not given any official explanation of what caused the great fire, photo frames may answer to the question.

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One of the photos show how the fire started on the 20th floor after curtains were set alight in the five-star hotel, while witnesses said to CNN that the fire broke out when the curtains on the 20th floor caught on fire.

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With this version of story, though, new questions continue to be raised about how the building caught fire so quickly, and why the fire alarms and sprinklers took so much time to activate.

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