Three people have been injured after a fire broke out in a 32-storey tower in Dubai this morning. The blaze started on a 26th floor balcony of Business Bay’s Regal Tower at 9:45am, and spread to the 28th floor. Occupants of the building were evacuated as a team from Dubai Civil Defence rushed to the scene. The injured were treated inside an ambulance on site.
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