Tamweel Tower residents to get hotel rooms

• Image Credit: Pankaj Sharma/Gulf News
• Residents wait outside of Tamweel Tower in JLT to enter the building.

Dubai: Over a hundred Tamweel Tower residents displaced by a massive fire on Sunday told Gulf News that they would be moved to various Dubai hotels for a month, beginning Tuesday.

But many residents were disappointed to learn that they would need to shell out Dh7-10,000 upon check-in. The residents have been told a proportion of the amount can be reimbursed by insurance.

A massive fire gutted about half of the 34-storey mixed-use tower in Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT) early on Sunday morning, forcing hundreds of residents out of their homes.

Investigations are under way as to the cause of the fire.