The Address Downtown hotel caught fire on New Year’s Eve 2015
Dubai’s Emaar Properties said on Monday it will recover Dhs1.22bn ($332.2m) from an insurance claim for the Address Downtown hotel which caught fire on New Year’s Eve 2015.
The insurance claim, signed with Orient Insurance, will result in a write back of the Dhs301m provision created in 2015 to cover the incident. The write back will be recorded as income in the quarter ending Dec. 31 2016, according to a bourse statement.
The fire which engulfed one of Dubai’s most prominent hotel skyscrapers ahead of New Year fireworks was caused by an electrical short-circuit, Dubai police said at the time.
Police officials said there had been no trace of any flammable liquids such as petrol at the site of the blaze at the 63-storey hotel and residential block, close to the world’s tallest building Burj Khalifa.
Emaar hired Dubai-based DUTCO Group as contractor to clear and restore the hotel.
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