<p>Dubai has new fire safety regulations following a series of skyscraper fires in recent years, but has offered few details about them.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A spate of skyscraper fires in fast-growing Dubai have been fueled by paneling on the sides of many buildings here, known as cladding.<br /><br />While cladding can be made with fire-resistant material, some buildings are covered with quick-burning tiles without any breaks to slow or stop a blaze.<br /><br />Civil defence officials announced the new rules today, focusing on how many pages the new rules were without offering specifics.<br /><br />Dubai Civil Defence Lt Taher Hassan al-Taher later told journalists that existing buildings with questionable cladding "would have to change it" under normal maintenance schedules.<br /><br />Asked how authorities would ensure buildings change their cladding, he said: "That's still on the table."</p>
<p>Dubai has new fire safety regulations following a series of skyscraper fires in recent years, but has offered few details about them.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A spate of skyscraper fires in fast-growing Dubai have been fueled by paneling on the sides of many buildings here, known as cladding.<br /><br />While cladding can be made with fire-resistant material, some buildings are covered with quick-burning tiles without any breaks to slow or stop a blaze.<br /><br />Civil defence officials announced the new rules today, focusing on how many pages the new rules were without offering specifics.<br /><br />Dubai Civil Defence Lt Taher Hassan al-Taher later told journalists that existing buildings with questionable cladding "would have to change it" under normal maintenance schedules.<br /><br />Asked how authorities would ensure buildings change their cladding, he said: "That's still on the table."</p>