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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 in a serious fire at a Cornwall hotel.One person has died in a serious fire at a Cornwall hotel.
Emergency services are still trying to locate all the guests who were staying at the Penhallow Hotel in Newquay.Emergency services are still trying to locate all the guests who were staying at the Penhallow Hotel in Newquay.
Three adjacent buildings, also described as hotels, were evacuated as a precaution following the fire at the premises.Three adjacent buildings, also described as hotels, were evacuated as a precaution following the fire at the premises.
It is believed more than 80 guests were staying there at the time and up to eight are still said to be unaccounted for.It is believed more than 80 guests were staying there at the time and up to eight are still said to be unaccounted for.
Ted Stimpson, deputy chief constable of Devon and Cornwall Police, said the search for the missing guests would continue and has 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 has urged people in the area to stay away from the scene for their own safety.
The blaze broke out just after midnight and spread to four floors of the building.The blaze broke out just after midnight and spread to four floors of the building.
Jumped from windows
It is now described as being structurally unstable because of the fire which took more than 100 firefighters three hours to bring under control.It is now described as being structurally unstable because of the fire which took more than 100 firefighters three hours to bring under control.
BBC correspondent David George, who is near the scene, said sparks were still flying from the building, as firefighters, using 14 appliances and two aerial platforms, continued to tackle the fire. Speaking on BBC News24, 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."
He said later that "the central part of the hotel collapsed".
Mr Steward said his brother told him he had seen people jumping out of windows onto blankets in an effort to escape the burning building.
BBC correspondent David George firefighters had been tackling the blaze with 14 appliances and two aerial platforms.
"There's little left of the front aspect of the building, a four storey hotel," he said."There's little left of the front aspect of the building, a four storey hotel," he said.
"There's a large gap in the middle of that, sparks still flying, smoke pouring from the building, one of those large, I think they call them aerial platforms, spraying water down on to this hotel at the moment." "There's a large gap in the middle of that, sparks are still flying and smoke pouring from the building."