‘Never heard before’: Dubai hotel damaged in explosion as debris rains down on city

Multiple explosions have been heard in Dubai as

Rekaman menunjukkan sebuah drone menghantam tanah di distrik kelas atas Palm Jumeirah Dubai, melemparkan puing-puing yang merusak Hotel Fairmont dan melukai banyak orang.

Video obtained and verified by CNN shows the moment the projectile, reported to be rogue missile debris, hits the ground and sets the hotel on fire. Shrapnel injured four people.

Another two people were injured when debris from drones intercepted by air defences fell in the courtyards of two homes, the Dubai Media Office confirmed this morning (afternoon AEDT).

Wisatawan di seluruh tujuan liburan populer menyaksikan rudal ditembak jatuh di langit di atas mereka, serangan balasan oleh Iran memicu kekacauan perjalanan di Uni Emirat Arab (UEA) dengan penerbangan dibatalkan dan wilayah udara di Timur Tengah dikosongkan secara drastis.

Carina Rossi, a senior editor at nine.com.au, is staying at Atlantis – The Palm, located at the tip of the Palm Jumeirah district, and saw debris falling into the hotel pool about the same time as the explosion near the Fairmont.

Rossi said she and other hotel guests “panicked” and ran to the beach after seeing debris fall from the sky right in front of them.

Untungnya puing-puing itu tidak meledak. Tapi itu adalah ledakan keras, sesuatu yang belum pernah saya dengar sebelumnya, kata Rossi kepada nine.com.au.

Her Emirates flight, due to leave Dubai on Saturday, was cancelled.

She and other guests were then woken to an alert which urged them to seek shelter amid imminent missile threats.

“When we got the alert at 12.30 we could instantly hear explosions in the distance,” she said.

Rossi is safe and back at her hotel.

More loud blasts were heard in Dubai this morning (this afternoon AEDT) but there were no reports of injuries.

CNN reporters heard three loud blasts followed by a series of explosions three minutes later.

Authorities said debris from an aerial interception over Business Bay caused a fire in the city’s major commercial port, Jebel Ali Port.

“Dubai Civil Defence teams responded immediately and are continuing their efforts to fully extinguish the fire. No injuries have been reported,” Dubai’s media office said in a post on social media.

In one video taken from high up in a Dubai building, a huge plume of dark smoke can be seen billowing in the distance.

Another shows puffs of white smoke high in a clear blue sky after strikes were intercepted over the emirate.

The Australian government has advised travellers to avoid the UAE among a slew of other Middle Eastern countries in the wake of the US-Israel joint strike on Iran.

Namun sudah terlambat bagi beberapa orang, seperti miliarder Australia Adrian Portelli, yang sudah berada di emirat.

“Appreciate everyone checking in and we’re totally fine,” he said on Instagram.

“Dubai is still Dubai… dinner plans remain intac (sic).

“Even though UAE is quite literally in the middle of the war, it still feels safer than Melbourne.”

Pembawa acara radio kelahiran Australia, Kris Fade, mengatakan dia dan anak-anaknya berkumpul di kamar yang sama di lantai bawah rumah mereka.

We were all sleeping a moment ago and then you could hear it, you could actually hear the missiles coming through,” he told 9News.

” … Could this be a 24-hour thing, a 48-hour thing? Could it be a week? Could it be longer? We’re not sure, but right now, it’s the beginning part of it.”

Debris from an intercepted drone damaged the Burj Al Arab, a famous seven-star hotel in Dubai.

Debris caused a minor fire on the hotel’s outer facade, Dubai’s Media Office confirmed in a post on X.

Civil Defence teams responded immediately and brought the incident under control,” the spokesperson said.

“No injuries have been reported.”

How has Iran responded?

The US and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran on Saturday.

Iran has retaliated with an unprecedented wave of strikes across the Middle East, targeting several nearby countries that host US military bases, as well as Israel.

Ketika AS dan Israel terakhir kali menyerang Iran pada bulan Juni, mereka menargetkan persediaan rudal balistiknya, sehingga menghambat kemampuan Iran untuk membalas.

Iran could be trying to make use of its arsenal while it still has it.

As well as the UAE, blasts have also been reported in Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain, as well as in Iran’s key regional rival, Saudi Arabia, which vowed to take “all necessary measures” to defend itself.

A drone strike caused damage and minor injuries at Kuwait International Airport.

Qatar dan Yordania mencegat rudal yang menargetkan negara mereka.

One person was reportedly killed by falling debris after air defences intercepted missiles targeting sites in Abu Dhabi.

The clashes have also disrupted traffic in the Strait of Hormuz – a crucial shipping route located between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

AS tidak mengalami korban apa pun terkait pertempuran dalam operasinya melawan Iran dan kerusakan pada instalasi militer AS sangat minim, kata Komando Pusat AS dalam sebuah pernyataan.

— Reporting with CNN

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