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| One dies in fire at resort hotel | One dies in fire at resort hotel |
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| One person has died and six people are missing after a fire at a hotel in Cornwall caused the building to collapse. | One person has died and six people are missing after a fire at a hotel in Cornwall caused the building to collapse. |
| Some residents were forced to jump to safety as the blaze swept through the Penhallow Hotel in Newquay. | Some residents were forced to jump to safety as the blaze swept through the Penhallow Hotel in Newquay. |
| Fire crews had to withdraw when parts of the structure gave way and investigators have not ruled out that some of the missing may be inside. | Fire crews had to withdraw when parts of the structure gave way and investigators have not ruled out that some of the missing may be inside. |
| More than 80 people managed to get out of the building. | More than 80 people managed to get out of the building. |
| Senior divisional officer Colin Hatch said 23 appliances were sent to the scene of the fire which broke out just after midnight. | Senior divisional officer Colin Hatch said 23 appliances were sent to the scene of the fire which broke out just after midnight. |
| Collapse 'imminent' | |
| By the early hours of Saturday morning he said this number had been reduced to nine, along with an aerial ladder platform. | By the early hours of Saturday morning he said this number had been reduced to nine, along with an aerial ladder platform. |
| Three neighbouring buildings, also described as hotels, were evacuated as a precaution. | Three neighbouring buildings, also described as hotels, were evacuated as a precaution. |
| Mr Hatch said the four storey building was in danger of complete collapse and this was making it difficult to completely extinguish the smaller fires. | Mr Hatch said the four storey building was in danger of complete collapse and this was making it difficult to completely extinguish the smaller fires. |
| More than 120 firefighters who attended the scene were forced to pull back due to the instability of the hotel's outside walls, he said. | More than 120 firefighters who attended the scene were forced to pull back due to the instability of the hotel's outside walls, he said. |
| Jan Sturgess, of the Cornwall Fire Brigade, said: "The state of the building is in a very serious condition at the moment, there's been major structural kind of damage. | |
| 'Several casualties' | 'Several casualties' |
| "All the floors have collapsed and the building is in a fairly unstable position, so we've withdrawn crews at this time and we're awaiting the building surveyor to assess the building with us." | |
| Ted Stimpson, deputy chief constable of Devon and Cornwall Police, said the search for the missing guests would continue and urged people in the area to stay away from the scene for their own safety. | Ted Stimpson, deputy chief constable of Devon and Cornwall Police, said the search for the missing guests would continue and urged people in the area to stay away from the scene for their own safety. |
| Speaking on BBC News 24, one local resident, Luke Steward, said he was in a pub when the fire broke out. | Speaking on BBC News 24, one local resident, Luke Steward, said he was in a pub when the fire broke out. |
| "We just saw the roof was well alight and ten minutes later the lobby was ablaze." | "We just saw the roof was well alight and ten minutes later the lobby was ablaze." |
| He said later that "the central part of the hotel collapsed". | He said later that "the central part of the hotel collapsed". |
| Jumping to escape | |
| Mr Steward said his brother told him he had seen people jumping out of windows onto blankets in an effort to escape from the burning building. | Mr Steward said his brother told him he had seen people jumping out of windows onto blankets in an effort to escape from the burning building. |
| Devon and Cornwall emergency services said three casualties were in hospital, but could not confirm the extent of their injuries. | |
| They said that when the fire broke out the hotel was close to capacity with 86 guests, three members of staff and a coach driver in the building. | |
| Emergency planning staff from Cornwall County Council have set up a reception centre at a local pub - the Fort Inn, in Fore Street, Newquay - for those evacuated. | Emergency planning staff from Cornwall County Council have set up a reception centre at a local pub - the Fort Inn, in Fore Street, Newquay - for those evacuated. |
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