Of all of the hotels we have stayed in ... in all our travels - through the years - it was a first for us!
We were in a hotel this past Sunday night in Delaware. On Monday morning about 7:15, the fire alarm went off ... first there were 2-3 deafening blasts coming from the smoke detector in our room. I reached up to turn it off (a couple of times before in other hotel rooms the steam from my shower had set off the alarm). Then came the announcement through the smoke detector ... and in the hallways: A FIRE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE BUILDING! PLEASE EVACUATE THE HOTEL IMMEDIATELY! I looked out in the large atrium. Lights were flashing ... people were pouring out of their rooms and headed for the stairways. Within a couple of minutes we were in the parking lot with dozens of other guests. And within a few more minutes the fire trucks began arriving. Twenty minutes later, we were safely back in our room. Apparently there was an electrical fire in a light fixture in one of the meeting rooms. Everything was taken care of very quickly. Nothing like a little harmless excitement to start your day.
We were in a hotel this past Sunday night in Delaware. On Monday morning about 7:15, the fire alarm went off ... first there were 2-3 deafening blasts coming from the smoke detector in our room. I reached up to turn it off (a couple of times before in other hotel rooms the steam from my shower had set off the alarm). Then came the announcement through the smoke detector ... and in the hallways: A FIRE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE BUILDING! PLEASE EVACUATE THE HOTEL IMMEDIATELY! I looked out in the large atrium. Lights were flashing ... people were pouring out of their rooms and headed for the stairways. Within a couple of minutes we were in the parking lot with dozens of other guests. And within a few more minutes the fire trucks began arriving. Twenty minutes later, we were safely back in our room. Apparently there was an electrical fire in a light fixture in one of the meeting rooms. Everything was taken care of very quickly. Nothing like a little harmless excitement to start your day.
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