A fire raced up a high-rise tower in the United Arab Emirates city of Ajman, the latest in a series of skyscraper blazes in the Gulf nation that is home to the world's tallest building. Images shared on social media showed bright yellow flames spreading up the side of the building as chunks of burning material tumbled to the ground. The Emirati interior minister, Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, rushed to Ajman to help co-ordinate the response to the blaze, Ajman police said. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Ajman is home to many commuters who work in the Gulf commercial hub of Dubai, further to the south. Like Dubai, it is one of the seven emirates that make up the UAE federation. Police sealed off a major road near the tower, causing traffic jams. Hundreds of evacuated residents and onlookers crowded nearby to watch the building go up in flames. The Dubai-based Gulf News newspaper quoted Ajman Civil Defence director Brigadier Saleh Saeed al-Matroushi as saying firefighters were at the scene working to put out the fire. The blaze comes less than three months after a massive fire raced up the exterior of the 63-storey The Address Downtown Dubai, one of Dubai's...
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