The developer behind the One Palm project on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah has denied reports of people having to be rescued from the site.
A fire broke out on the site of the 2 billion UAE dirham ($544.5 million) project at 11am on Thursday, sending thick, black smoke billowing out out from the site which is in a prominent location at the base of the trunk of Palm Jumeirah.
In a statement, the developer said that "a small fire broke out within the storage area" of the project.
The statement added that the developer "put into action their emergency procedure and Dubai Civil Defence brought the fire under control within 20 minutes".
The developer thanked Dubai Civil defence for its speedy response and said that "no rescues of any kind were required".
Dubai Media Office also said via its Twitter account that there were "no casualties reported".
The One Palm project was first announced in August 2014 as a joint venture between Omniyat and Dubai-based contractor Drake & Scull International (DSI), with work starting on site in October that year. It was initially due for completion by the end of this year.
However, the subsequent cash crisis that later enveloped DSI led to the contractor agreeing to sell its stake in the scheme for 300 million UAE dirhams. The sale was announced in March this year.
Omniyat has said the scheme is aimed at the ultra-luxury segment of the market, with Japanese interior design specialist Super Potato hired for the fit-out. It also planned to offer an apartment created through the combination of two of the scheme's three penthouses, with a 181 million UAE dirham price tag.
At the Cityscape Global real estate event last month, Omniyat's founder and chief executive Mahdi Amjad said the third of these penthouses had just been sold for 100 million UAE dirhams.
Amjad said that the other two penthouses could still be sold together, or could be split, depending on buyer requirements.
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