The Palm on Fire

As usual, we didn't know about it. As was the case last time, when there was a fire in a house in the marina, it was the people back home that told us.

Media is not open here, which is one reason that we didn't know about it. The other is that media in Sweden sometimes tend to embrace Jante and its don't-think-that-you-are-someone mentality.

Anyhow, even though Aftonbladet said that the black smoke from the palm was floating over Dubai like a giant shadow, noone I know noticed anything. The fire were really a local one and, as I have heard, quickly put out.

The pictures to the left are taken from www.skyskrapercity.com