Fire forces evacuation of Hub’s InterContinental Hotel
By Renee Nadeau Algarin | Saturday, August 21, 2010 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Coverage
A smoldering electrical fire early this morning caused the evacuation of the InterContinental Hotel, leaving about 800 guests and residents out on the streets for hours.
Firefighters, electrical inspectors, Nstar and other workers were on site after the 2 a.m. electrical fire was reported in the basement electrical room InterContinental’s garage, fire department spokesman Steve MacDonald said. He said the only way to deal with an electrical fire is to turn off the power, which required the evacuation of everyone in the building’s 424 hotel rooms and 130 condos.
Hotel spokeswoman Stephanie Loeber said guests were allowed back in around 9:20 a.m.
No cause has been determined, MacDonald said.
Pat Meekhof of Michigan spent part of the night lying on the grass across the street from the posh waterfront hotel with her son, daughter, sister and elderly mother, who had dreamed of walking the Freedom Trail on a trip that took four years to arrange. She said they were allowed inside around 9 a.m. to get dressed.
“They didn’t really give us a whole lot of communication - they have not been forthcoming in telling us what is going on,” she said, adding she was grateful no one was injured.
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