Hotel Guests Evacuated After Electrical Fire at The InterContinental Boston
We seriously hope this isn't a recurring thing every weekend. Last week it was the W and Willard InterContinental hotels in DC that were evacuated due to an electrical fire and this week it's the InterContinental Boston. But unlike the DC incident, this fire occurred in the early hours of the morning, forcing guests to evacuate at 2am. They were not allowed to return until 9am. The Boston Globe reports:
The fire started in a garage electrical room about 2 a.m. and guests were evacuated to nearby hotels about 3:30 a.m., Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald said. By 9 a.m., guests were allowed back in the hotel on Boston’s waterfront at 510 Atlantic Ave., and everything was “business as usual,’’ Stephanie Loeber, the hotel’s director of public relations, said in a statement. No injuries were reported.
And as with the DC incident, a wedding was involved. Actually, two. A bride who got married at the hotel on Friday spent her honeymoon night on the floor at the nearby Boston Harbor Hotel while another bride missed out on a good night's sleep for her wedding on Saturday. The Boston Herald reported that several members of Friday's wedding party were still walking around in their tuxedos early Saturday morning while other guests milled about in pajamas and robes.
However, all ended well. Or at least ok. To compensate guests for their sleepless night, the hotel has comped them Friday's night room charge and taxes. Hmmm...maybe we should hope for an electrical fire during our next hotel stay.
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