Posts Tagged 'hotel fire'

An external fire risk assessor and a hotel manager have both been jailed for eight months for fire safety offences.

David Liu, who runs The Dial Hotel and Market Inn, both in Mansfield, had previously pleaded guilty at Nottingham Crown Court to 15 offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, while John O’Rourke of Mansfield Fire Protection Services pleaded guilty to two offences under the legislation.

The Judge said that the time had come to send out a message to ...

Around 1500 people were evacuated from the prestigious Hilton Park Lane hotel in London after a fire started in a basement kitchen of the hotel.

Eight fire engines and around 40 firefighters, who were called at around d 6.45pm on 1 July, managed to get the fire under control by 11.00pm.

Ducting between the basement and the fourth floor was damaged.

Earlier in the day, the hotel had hosted a music awards ceremony attended by stars including Liza Minelli and Annie Lennox, according ...