Las Vegas hotel fire forces guests to evacuate DoubleTree
A fire broke out early Tuesday at the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas due to an apparent elevator malfunction. No one was injured, but the smoky fire temporarily crippled the property.
The fire became visible around 2:30 a.m. The alarm sounded and hotel staff knocked on the door to alert guests.
The hotel guests woke up from their sleep and hurried downstairs.
While firefighters contained the blaze, guests remained in the hotel lobby or walked to their cars until they were allowed back upstairs to collect personal belongings.
Clark County Fire Department personnel quickly extinguished the fire. At 6 a.m., most of the firefighters completed their tasks and left the hotel to return to their posts.
Guest Refund
All hotel guests were directed to move to another hotel and received refunds for disrupted overnight stays.
Craig Hudson, a tourist from California, told Las Vegas television station KVVU that he initially thought the fire alarm was caused by a malfunction. But while he was in the hallway, the visitor revealed to him that the alarm had been triggered due to an electrical fire.
While he was in the bathroom of the room, he also smelled what appeared to be an electrical fire.
Ethan Romero, also from California, was in the hallway with his father when he saw smoke coming from the elevator.
The Holy Land of Elevator Fires
"We were very scared," Romero revealed. "Luckily we saw the exit and the stairs."
Romero also recalled the challenges he faced during family vacations.
It was interesting because when we left Northridge there was flooding and hail. Now here's this," Romero told KVVU. "Who knows what's going to happen next? earthquake? we will see. "
The fire forced the Romero family to evacuate the hotel until firefighters were able to completely extinguish the fire.
"We'd been out for two or three hours," Romero told KVVU in the middle of the night. "I don't even know what time it is."
He added that the hotel's offer to refund guests "will remedy the situation."
There was no immediate information on when the hotel would reopen, and the hotel did not provide any information on damage caused by the fire. It's unclear how much it will cost the hotel to restore the property.
Our hotel is located in Las Vegas near Warm Springs Road and Route 215 and a 5-minute drive from Harry Reid International Airport.
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