Fire Damages King George Hotel

October 23, 2007 - 8:48pm

Saskatoon fire crews spent about four hours at the site of the old King George Hotel downtown.

Battalion Chief Jim Lindsay says they were called about 4 Tuesday afternoon to a fire reported in the attic area of the historic hotel at 23rd Street and 2nd Avenue. There's no word how much damage was caused, or how the fire started. Traffic had to be rerouted while firefighters battled the blaze.

The building is being converted to an office-retail-condo complex.

Fire at historic hotel
St. Petersburg, Florida- The fire started just after 8 PM at the Kelly Hotel. Employee Catherine Fowler says it startled guests, "They were going down the hallway banging on the doors and they said we had to evacuate because there was a fire on the fifth floor.

But according to St. Pete Fire Rescue Spokesperson Rick Feinberg, it was quickly put out, "The sprinkler system had already extinguished the fire, it appears at this point we have a mattress fire."

Hotel owner Danny O'Brien credits the historic hotel. It was built as a fire proof building back in 1925, "If any of my buildings could catch on fire this one could take it. So I was relieved when I saw the actual damage was minimal.

Investigators are trying to determine what caused the fire. They're also looking for the man who was staying in the room where it started. Three rooms were damaged. Fire fighters say no one was injured.

POWELL - Authorities are investigating the cause of a devastating fire that started early Saturday morning and burned much of a two-story motel, killing one person.

Powell Police Chief Tim Feathers said investigators had not yet positively identified the body of the only individual killed in the blaze, but that all other known occupants of the Super 8 Motel had been accounted for.

Feathers said firefighters, police and emergency medical personnel responded to initial reports of the fire at around 2:30 a.m. Saturday.

The motel was evacuated, and five people were taken to the Powell Valley Hospital, where one person was treated and released.

Sheraton Hotel Fire

PASADENA - A weekend fire on the third floor of the Sheraton Pasadena Hotel caused an estimated $200,000 in damage, officials said Monday. Structural damage was $150,000 and damage to hotel contents was estimated at $50,000, Battalion Chief Denis Imler of the Pasadena Fire

Department reported.