Four hundred guests fled a fire in a Bethseda, Maryland, hotel that seriously injured one worker Monday.
The fire occurred in the electrical room at the Hyatt Regency, according to aWashington Postreport (http://wapo.st/ZlZagf).
The injured person is a contractor who was driven by a coworker to an area hospital and later was taken to a burn center facility. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The report did not provide specifics about fire department suppression activites. Read more details athttp://wapo.st/ZlZagf.
Like incidents at other occupancies with a high-density of potential victims, hotel fires present firefighters with a number of challenges. For more on response to these incidents, considerAnniversary of America’s deadliest hotel fire nears,SO YOU HAVE TO INSPECT…. A HOTEL, andFire Strikes Las Vegas High-Rise.
