GUYS check out the Dubai Towers Doha Camera 2 webcam now! It appears Al Nasr Towers are again ablaze!!!

http://www.dubaitowers-doha.com/

what's going on, isn’t this the third fire in a doha recently?

http://i4.tinypic.com/10s93ma.jpg
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YES, I know! This is the second time these same towers got burned!!

This is the first: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=286211

WTF??!!
What the hell is wrong with this tower! This is the second time. And it was almost done! I think they were only putting the exterior glass!

BTW, I have noticed something. Take a look at how the fire spread vertically on the tower. This is the same thing that happened the first time.

YES, I know! This is the second time these same towers got burned!!

This is the first: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=286211

yeah i remember, either this building is cursed or the contractor should go back to his last job.

The smoke is really dense now. But the flames aren't visible anymore.
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/6242/snap14hm.gif

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god help the owner of the building...the contracter must feel like a royal sh*t!

^^ This might be intentional.. I have a feeling there is a conspiracy there. Come on, two major fires in three days. Thats got to be a record here-- or a major saftey breach.

The fire appeared to have died down.

^^ I am thinking of the second one. I think they are rushing work in order to finish before the ASIAD. And in order to do that some safety measures are ignored.

Omar, This building is practically finished. Even the glass was done and all the aluminum cladding. Almost 95 percent completed. Inshalla no one got hurt or injured.

But the towers aren't linked to the ASIAD... it doesn't matter how long it takes them to finish it. Is it the same tower that burned the first time or the other one?

Omar, This building is practically finished. Even the glass was done and all the aluminum cladding. Almost 95 percent completed. Inshalla no one got hurt or injured.
I agree. The tower was almost done. Too bad they have gone a long way back again! :(

Amr, from the picture it appears that both towers are burned.

This picture was taken a few days ago. (its dated)

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6959/image000270hs.jpg

Really Sad :(

Omar, This building is practically finished. Even the glass was done and all the aluminum cladding. Almost 95 percent completed. Inshalla no one got hurt or injured.

but if that was the case wouldn’t the fire sprinkler system need to be installed at that stage of construction? does that mean they failed?

but if that was the case wouldn’t the fire sprinkler system need to be installed at that stage of construction? does that mean they failed?

The fire appears to be concentrated only or mainly on the outside aluminum cladding where there are no sprinklers. Its just a guess. But maybe the fire started inside, but lets hope the fire did not reach the core, which could melt the steel causing the whole building to collapse.

Looking at that picture I feel really sad! I mean they were almost finished. I can't see a crane anymore on the top which means it was done!

Really sad! :(

I'll get some pics on my way to tennis practice today inshalla if the road is still open

Apparantly everyone is standing by the Wadi Al Sail bridge looking at the fire... all the roads around there are now blocked off.

Halawala, I just heard that the fire spread from one tower to the next, so they are both burned...

OOK now i'm having some scary thoughts here

i cant see the burning towers anymore,they changed the position of the camera.

لا حول ولا قوة الا بالله العلي القدير
خطاكم السو

The fire appears to be concentrated only or mainly on the outside aluminum cladding where there are no sprinklers. Its just a guess. But maybe the fire started inside, but lets hope the fire did not reach the core, which could melt the steel causing the whole building to collapse.

The towers did not collapse i was thare 2 hours ago but acctually it did reach to the core thay wher allready putting furniture in it but sadlly it all burned if it urnd again maybe thay will demolish it ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

I saw the fires at about 1500 when they seemd to be out of control on the second tower (the one furthest from City Centre Mall) but there was also clearly smoke coming from the first building. The flames were burning up the external faces and seemed to be the saem as last time - the external waterproofing on fire.

I would be very disturbed if I was a potential client or an insurer. In the last fire, there were a number of portacabins and cars destoyed on the ground, caused by burning falling debris. There was plenty of falling flames, so maybe history just repeated itself.

Now it is time for the conspiracy theorists - arson or incompetence???

Margog, 5a6ak el lash... thanks buddy...

I got some pics from different angles on my way. Half the road was closed this afternoon and the traffic at the Cornish and City Center Road was unbearable. bumper to bumper. The towers are in very very bad shape. Some lucky insurance company will have a party tonight! Inshalla no one died or got injured though (thats the most important thing here)

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/7378/image001135yk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/6546/image001143pg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/7403/image001153fs.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
^^ You can see the top corner of the second tower bitten off!

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/1091/image001171tb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Might either be a curse or just shitty construction safety regulations.

edit.

I just have one(1) thing i want to know why didnt the greenglass become black only the cement side burned?!.?!.?!.?!.?

Although it really looks bad. I have to say it doesn't look as bad as the first fire. I mean after the first fire there were alot of burnt stuff all around the streets. They even had the streets blocked by humvees!!

I just hope nobody was hurt. I also hope that they finish this tower as fast as possible so that nothing else happens!

Vry sad indeed. I was very disturebed when I heard the news. My friend saw it burning when he was going to City Center. He told me how big it was and how it took them for ever to put up the fire for some reason. I rreally hope they work harder to finish it b4 the games this time

this tower was constructred without basic safty standards; thats what everyone is saying--so I think they should spend millions upgrading the saftey. Plus, clearly the insulation for the ourside cast is not fireproof-- fireproofing would require additional millions of riyals. Well, now we know it is worth the money. Right?

Al Nasr Towers gutted by blaze, again
Web posted at: 5/28/2006 3:46:47
Source ::: The Peninsula

Raging flames from the Al Nasr Twin Towers in Doha’s West Bay area. (Qassim Rahmatullah)
by Staff Reporter


Doha • Over 400 workers miraculously escaped after an inferno ravaged the Al Nasr Twin Towers in Doha’s West Bay business district yesterday morning even as a top Civil Defence Department official blamed the contractor for using banned, highly inflammable construction material for the project, despite an earlier warning.

Some firefighters were said to have sustained minor burns, injuries from falling debris and smoke poisoning and were rushed to the Hamad General Hospital. The blaze was brought under control by 3.30pm.

Colonel Abdullah Al Suwaidi, Director, Civil Defence Department, told the media the fire was probably caused due to the use of prohibited, highly inflammable construction materials, its careless handling by unskilled workers and violation of safety rules. This is the second time in six months that the Al Nasr Tower project has been hit by a fire - on November 24, a blaze gutted Tower-B of the project. The contractor, he said, was warned against using such materials after the November incident.

Workers at the site told The Peninsula that the blaze started around 9.30am on the first floor of the Tower-B, where inflammable materials such as foam sheets, were stored. This section of the project connects the two towers, which apparently caused the fire to spread rapidly.

Workers quickly noticed the blaze and alerted their colleagues. As a result, the entire building was evacuated within minutes.

They said that some 400 workers from different countries such as India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and a few Middle Easterners, were engaged in work when the fire first broke out. A Civil Defence force which rushed to the site, managed to put off the blaze within a few minutes.

A second fire erupted from the same location in Tower-B a little after 10am and was also brought under control. However, strong, warm winds yesterday morning ignited the smouldering debris from the first two fires and spread rapidly to other parts of the Tower-B. Workers claimed the strong wind was also responsible for flaming aluminum sheets — installed on the frontage of the tower — being blown into the Tower-A, igniting inflammable material stored there. The exact cause of the fire is under investigation.

Firefighters faced immense difficulties approaching the fire as flaming aluminum sheets and other burning debris kept falling from the two blazing towers but managed to find vantage positions from where they could combat the inferno. Snorkel pumps from the Qatar Armed Forces were deployed at various locations and occasional explosions could be heard nearby as welding gas cylinders and other equipment exploded in the heat. Fire tenders, water tankers and snorkel pumps from various sources were rushed to the spot to prevent the blaze from spreading.

Three landmark buildings - the Commercialbank Tower, Barzan Tower and the Ministry of Justice headquarters that flank the Al Nasr towers project were evacuated immediately.

The section of the Corniche Road, between the roundabout near the twin towers till the Sheraton Doha was closed to vehicular traffic.

U know what, this is getting really stupied. Obviously we have very unable ppl in office who are either to dumb to enforce safety regulations or to affraid too.

These are lives we are talking about and no comprimises should be made. Bloody wankers.

Not only that, this is hurting doha's reputation. I mean this is going to be the case with a 30 story building then what will happen when we start building 50+ towers. We are obviously not ready and we need to put the breaks on and examine where were going with all these stupied projects.

This is suppose to be our new office, no way in hell will I move in there.

Plus, the contractor must be held responsible for this, wasting the resources of our armed forces.

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4218/dsc124451lq.jpg

^^ Thats a scary photo. Thanks.

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Nice photos, zx... :)

Thanks for the high quality pics zx.
The smoke was really dense and thick.

BTW, anybody knows what will they do next? I mean will they continue and fix it all again, or will they just demolish this tower and build another "safer" one?

@Qatar4Ever
I agree with you about punishing the contractor. Especially that this isn't the first time and that he was warned before.

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I Heared that the 3 floors parking area infront of AL-dana tower is demolished because of fire but the tower itself is OK, so Al-Nasser maybe in the way for demolishing, the best thing is that Ras Gas people were moving to AL-Nasser tower within a week time, they were given the exact location of each person in the tower., otherwise we would have seen many people (Qataries too) maybe killed or burned in that fire.

I would say we male a tower like london tower and do like they used to do in thiddle ages, hang him on the tower and let eveybody see him, or cut his head and hang the head only on the tower ( Am I very cruel or what), God help that poor person, it didn't go like he wanted, but its his fault after all, he has been warned and promissed to supply materials which are fire proof, I don't think this was fire proof.

I just have one(1) thing i want to know why didnt the greenglass become black only the cement side burned?!.?!.?!.?!.?
I've just noticed this. It is very obvious in this picture.
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/5724/dsc002721gp.jpg

The fire is all around the glass. Very weird!

Thank you for the pix. And ^^ yeah it is weird

i will make sure to stay away from that tower in the future

The reason the fire looked very bad, but has caused only limited structural damage, (and also that the windows were almost untoched) is that it was the bitumen waterproofing and thermal insulation sheets attached to the outside of the building that were on fire.

This is normal construction technique, but there are standards which these materials are supposed to conform to. Of course, there are cheap materials available and there are flame retardant materials available. I wonder which ones were used here.... hmmmm.....

By the way, dont be to quick to blame the Contractor - he will build in accordance with the specifications - what did these say? wre they adequate?? were they enforced by the Client's representatives??? I know some of the staff working on the project (from different organisations) and I will try and find out some facts.

http://www.astrosoft.de/new_york/wtc/nyc_crash2.jpg

^^ What the hell does 9/11 has to do with this thread??!!

Sorry to hear this again, I hope there won't be any similar casualties. Here are pictures
I came across

http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/404/1547743756bd48047ccb7gt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/7174/1547743768b31e71465b0xd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/4594/154774377404dc5c70bb5me.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

you came across these pix? :?
schoks! for a moment i thought you are in doha :hug: