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Mr Hassoun left all of his possessions behind, including passport and ID.Nigerian resident Natasha Abu Bakir, 19, was watching a film in her apartment on the 21st floor when one of her neighbours screamed “fire, fire.”“I asked my neighbours what was happening but it was chaos," Ms Abu Bakir said. Abbco Tower after the fire which gutted the building. The blaze continued into the night with crews remaining at the scene on Wednesday morning to dampen the building. Chris Whiteoak / The National Civil Defence forces extinguish the fire. CurrentRequestUnmodified: /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20200814/ARTICLE/200819208&Show=0 Families watch as flames spread through their building late on Tuesday night. Afterwards, he cradled his white cat Vodka, whom he rescued from the building. Sharjah. These are external links and will open in a new window

The fire that ripped through the 49-storey Abbco Tower-all the way to the upper floors-was a terrifying sight for many.

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