The inferno began at about 2am in the middle of the 86-storey tower before rapidly spreading across 15 floors.
Thousands of people were evacuated and it took over two hours for firefighters to bring the blaze under control.
“There was debris flying everywhere, falling into neighbouring buildings,” an eye witness told BBC.
The building is one of the world's tallest residential towers and the apartments within are popular with Dubai's large number of expatriate professionals.
It is not yet known what caused the fire and no casualties have been reported in the incident.
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