More than 12 vehicles were damaged or completely destroyed in a large fire in the parking lot of a hotel in the US state of Connecticut, where more than 1000 ultra-Orthodox were staying on the seventh holiday of Passover. After the area was declared safe by the fire brigade, investigators began to investigate the cause of the fire
More than a dozen vehicles were burned in the parking lot of a hotel in Stamford, in the state of Connecticut in the USA, 1,000 ultra-Orthodox guests were evacuated from the hotel. Alarms about a fire that broke out began to ring around 5:00 a.m. the cold
Fire officials said the building was broken into so firefighters could fight the blaze from the outside. A hotel guest told the Yeshiva world news website that vacationers were evacuated to the front lobby outside, including the elderly and infants. “Everyone behaved well, and the prayer began outside at 8:00 in the morning when the building was considered safe. By 10:30 all the guests were allowed to return to their rooms.”
The parking lot is full of firefighting foam: Stamford Fire Department photo.
Mercifully, no injuries were reported, although some were chilled this morning. The kitchen was closed for a while, but the staff still managed to create a sumptuous food buffet for everyone. After the area was declared safe by firefighters, investigators began investigating the cause of the fire. One of the vacationers said that “above all, it was a great sanctification of Hashem, with over 1,000 men, women and children who all helped each other, and everyone evacuated in an orderly manner.”
CONNECTICUT: More than a dozen vehicles were damaged or destroyed in a big fire at the parking garage of the popular Jewish-owned Armon hotel. More than 1,000 Pesach guests had to be evacuated at 5AM. Nobody was injured B’H. pic.twitter.com/w9bupTppPG
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