According to a construction worker, the fire at the under-construction building by the Beach Rotana hotel started at about 10.30am. Christopher Pike / The National
According to a construction worker, the fire at the under-construction building by the Beach Rotana hotel started at about 10.30am. Christopher Pike / The National

UAE

Hundreds evacuated as fire breaks out at Abu Dhabi construction site

Construction workers tell of a huge fire at a building near the Beach Rotana hotel in the capital.

Thamer Al Subaihi

August 30, 2016