ALERT: Florida- Guests Evacuated from Miami Beach Resort (July 25, 2017)

July 25, 2017

Early this morning, Miami Beach’s Deauville Beach Resort evacuated guests due to a fire. No injuries or fatalities were reported.

According to the Miami Herald:

Miami Beach Fire and police officers were called to the oceanfront hotel at 6701 Collins Ave around 2:20 a.m., after malfunctioning wiring in a temporary unit brought in to supplement the building’s AC caught fire, said Miami Beach Fire spokesman Capt. Jorge Linares.

The fire activated a sprinkler in the electrical room, and only the wiring and the electrical room were damaged, Linares said. No smoke or fire got into the guest areas or rooms.

But about 150 people in the building were told to leave after the fire, and Linares said a firefighter was stationed on each floor “to make sure nobody stays.”

Florida Power and Light crews were also at the hotel, which remained without power Tuesday morning. FPL account supervisor Irene Delgado said that crews had found a problem with the customer’s equipment at the address and that it was not an FPL malfunction. Red Cross volunteers also headed to the hotel Tuesday morning to provide canteen services for affected guests, the organization’s South Florida chapter said.

It was unclear Tuesday morning how extensive repairs to the electrical system would be, or when the hotel, best known for hosting the Beatles in 1964, would reopen.

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