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A huge fire has engulfed a 63-storey hotel in central Dubai ahead of a New Year’s Eve firework display. ___33_____ the blaze at the Address hotel, the display at the nearby Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, started as planned at midnight. Officials say the fire ___34_____ largely under control and 16 people suffered mostly minor injures. It is unclear ___35_____ caused the blaze, which broke out as large crowds had gathered to ring in the New Year. People were asked to leave the area around the Address Downtown Hotel, which was evacuated. As I watched the flames engulf the massive building, I knew right away it was the Address Hotel in Dubai’s downtown district that overlooks Burj Khalifa. I also knew that it was fully booked five years in advance. There were also thousands of people in the streets below and in the adjacent buildings, all waiting to view the highly anticipated New Year’s Eve fireworks display, ___36_____ them my youngest sister. After checking on my sister, I hastily decided to head out to downtown Dubai in the hope of seeing the scene on the ground for myself. As I approached downtown, I realized that the normally brightly illuminated Burj Khalifa was only half-lit and I could barely see the imposing structure amid the black smoke from the Address Hotel. I did not expect to spend the next four hours right outside the downtown area, in one of the worst traffic jams I have ever encountered. ___37_____ the clock struck midnight, I resigned myself to ringing in the New Year among thousands of strangers, all gazing out of our cars towards Burj Khalifa’s spectacular fireworks display, alongside a burning hotel. It started on the 20th floor, officials said, and had not spread inside the building, they claimed. 14 people were believed to ___38_____ minor injuries, one moderate injuries and there was one "heart attack case" due to "overcrowding and smoke". Irish singer Anita Williams, who ___39_____ at the hotel when the fire began, told the BBC that people left in a "stampede". "We left everything. There was debris falling down. It [the fire] just shot up through the entire hotel."Everybody was screaming, everybody was running... I thought: ’This is ___40_____ film’." 答案：Despite, has been brought ,what ,among ,As ,have suffered ,was performing ,a

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