Smoldering flotsam and jetsam could be seen tumbling from the 300m-tall (1,000ft) building as firefighters handled the burst.
The showcase at the world's tallest high rise, the adjacent Burj Khalifa, began as arranged as midnight landed in the Gulf state.
Authorities say the flame is currently under control and 16 individuals endured for the most part minor harms. The reason is not known.
Up to two million individuals had been normal in focal Dubai for the celebrations. Group were requested that leave the zone around The Address Downtown inn, which has been emptied.
Smoke from the flame could be seen darkening the perspective of the lit up Burj Khalifa
Blazes appeared to quickly inundate a significant part of the building, a five-star lodging and loft complex with more than 60 stories, inside of 10 minutes.
The Dubai government tweeted that 14 individuals had endured minor wounds, one moderate wounds and one heart assault case because of "congestion and smoke at the flame site".
The flame had begun on the twentieth floor, authorities said.
The BBC World Service Middle East manager, Sebastian Usher, says the showcase is a tremendous glory occasion for Dubai, and powers need the pictures that individuals think back on one year from now to be of the firecrackers - and not of the blast.
A vacationer, Michelle Duque told the BBC: "Out of the blue we saw this colossal dark crest of dark smoke interfering with the Khalifa Tower and the inn.
"The flares burst out huge and before we knew it the entire of the Address Hotel was secured in orange blazes."
Another vacationer told the BBC that she saw parcel of flotsam and jetsam descending from the building.
"The issue is a large number of individuals inside the Burj Khalifa can't move anyplace on the grounds that we [are] sort of sitting tight for the firecrackers show."
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