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One person has died in a serious fire at a Cornwall hotel. One person has died and up to eight others are believed to be missing after a serious fire at a hotel in Cornwall.
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 find up to eight of the 80 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 after the fire, which broke out just after midnight.
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 took 100 firefighters over three hours to bring the blaze under control.
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.
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It is now described as being structurally unstable because of the fire which took more than 100 firefighters three hours to bring under control. The fire spread to four floors of the building which is now described as being structurally unstable because of the fire which took more than 100 firefighters three hours to bring under control.
Speaking on BBC News24, Luke Steward said he was in a pub when the fire broke out. Speaking on BBC News 24, 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".
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.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.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 are still flying and smoke pouring from the building.""There's a large gap in the middle of that, sparks are still flying and smoke pouring from the building."