In addition to their own resiliency, living things and the cells they are made of are protected from excessive amounts of UV radiation by a chemical called ozone. A layer of ozone in the upper atmosphere absorbs UV radiation and prevents most of it from reaching the Earth.
Fire rips through Torch skyscraper in Dubai. Read more about sharing. A fire has swept through the Torch skyscraper in Dubai, one of the tallest residential buildings in the world. Strong winds helped the blaze to spread across the 336.1m (1,105ft) high building in the marina district. One eyewitness told the BBC there was debris flying everywhere, falling into neighbouring buildings.
Dubai Marina Torch Tower fire: Londoner tells of how he slept through a towering inferno. Dubai resident Sharjeel Khawaja, from London, had been sleeping for four hours in his 26th-floor Torch Tower apartment before he realised there was an inferno burning above him. By Harriet Alexander. 7:50AM GMT 22 Feb 2015.