Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, London. Image: Google satellite.
A fire in the motor room of a lift at the Marriott Hotel in Mayfair has guaranteed instant multimedia news coverage as it’s hosting the Regional Press Awards.
Nominated and award-winning journalists from all over the country are now using their smartphones and everyday professional equipment to publish the drama across the world on the Internet.
The hotel fire on Grosvenor Square in #Mayfair is under control. Part of a lift motor room was damaged by fire. http://t.co/Zx7aeteI5H
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London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) May 15, 2015We're currently attending a fire at a hotel on Grosvenor Square in #Mayfair. Four fire engines are at the scene. http://t.co/q6naczqd8j
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London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) May 15, 2015300 Journalists attending the annual Regional Press Awards were among the 450 people evacuated.
Although the awards were in mid flow, the journalists promptly put down their drinks and evacuated the hotel while crews brought the fire under control.
Station Manager Jim Smith who was at the fire said:
Hotel staff did a very good job guiding the people to a muster point near the hotel, which gave fire crews quick access to the building. Firefighters confined the fire to a lift motor room on the ground floor, which was slightly damaged by the blaze.
21 firefighters and officers from Soho, Paddington and Euston fire stations attended the incident.
The Brigade was called at 2.07 pm and the fire was under control 51 minutes later.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
#RegionalPressAwards evacuated from the #marriotthotel Grosvenor Sq @LondonFire on site @TheOxfordMail http://t.co/kiocDlHtyc
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Jon Lewis (@OxMailJonLewis) May 15, 2015BREAKING NEWS #regpressawards http://t.co/eRvVKTSP2S
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Gareth Davies (@Gareth_Davies09) May 15, 2015@LondonFire #soho turn out for fire reportedly in the kitchen of the #Marriott hotel #RegionalPressAwards http://t.co/wVhHhcxc9k
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Jon Lewis (@OxMailJonLewis) May 15, 2015Nick Ferrari has brought a fire extinguisher to the second half of press award following "fire" in Grosvenor Hotel http://t.co/idCTHPGneZ
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Tom Foot (@tomfoot1) May 15, 2015Regional Press Awards abandoned after fire at central London hotel
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