The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance at the Ocean View Hotel in Shanklin this morning (Tuesday) in response to a fire which has broken out.
Several appliances, including the Aerial ladder Platform and the Incident Command Unit, both from Newport, are on scene at Park Road having been alerted to the situation at around 09:45.
Island Echo is told a fire has broken out in an office on the ground floor.
Crews wearing breathing apparatus have entered the building and are working to extinguish the fire, with a number of items of furniture being removed from the premises.
The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service has also dispatched an ambulance to the scene.
UPDATE @ 10:36 – The incident has been contained and the fire is now out.
Significant fire and smoke damage has been caused to the room.
3 appliances remain on scene but the Incident Command Unit and the Aerial Ladder Platform have been stood down and are returning to Newport.
Fire crews from Ryde, Newport and Shanklin remain on scene.
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Used to happen too often in the past here. This could well be a genuine accidental fire, but struggling business owners now know cv will prevent many insurance company investigators coming here, so in hard times, the temptation will be great for those who are desperate.
for a single room not worth it due to the insurance company loading the premium next renewable date
Fair point, unless panic took over or the blaze didn’t.
I feel sorry for owners of such, as to rewire would cost more than a years earnings. Sadly such places just are awaiting demolishing, which is a shame as if cash could be found are real character places.
Yes I think you might be right here that place is the biggest dump I have ever seen. The bath rooms well you cannot believe the sealent around the baths 1” inc thick
And the stink. Well.
I thought that was elvis serving my sausage in batter. Didn’t say nowt, because didn’t wanna look like a t!t
Like a bit of sausage do you?
Likes big fat sausage!!
Where was the other insurance job
The electrical wiring in these huge, ancient Hotels is often dire. Whilst they have to have a new ‘certificate’ every year or so, the testers cannot possibly test all effectively, as there is miles of cable of varying ages, hidden in walls, under floor, in lofts, been spliced into, cut and altered and botched, and it would take a month to do the job just of testing to NIECE standard properly.
I doubt the SEB or a major firm have ever tested it, just those who likely don’t wish to look too hard. Could be wrong, but have seen it when I worked there some years back now, apologies IF it has been rewired since.
Shame such places are now too large to refurbish in these impoverished times.
oh get off your high horse i stayed there this year for dinner and a night it was nice yes a bit tired but come on these places employ people the need jobs to live