Dubai Pearl demolition begins; residents report tremors 

Dubai Pearl demolition begins; residents report tremors 

Dubai Pearl, a 22-million-sqft mixed use project, is being demolished. Social media users posted images of smoke rising from the site on Monday morning.

Featuring four towers of 73 storeys connected at the top by a ‘sky palace’, the project was to comprise “premium branded residences, world class hotels and entertainment facilities”.

Some residents said they felt tremors from the demolition. The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) denied reports about an earthquake in the UAE so far.

Sarah Alansary, who lives in the Dubai Marina, felt the tremors. “I live on the 20th floor, so I felt it (tremors) strongly. I was sitting on the couch with my mum and it felt like an earthquake, but lasted only for a few seconds. I looked out of the window and saw this:

“I didn’t know what it was, but now I know about the building being demolished.”

Mohammed Anshah, who works in Dubai Media City, felt his chair move for a few seconds. “Colleagues on the entire floor felt it and we all stopped working. We thought it was an earthquake. But when we looked out of the window, we saw the cloud of dust rising from the Dubai Pearl site.”

Another resident who works in Dubai