Fire guts popular hotel in Port – Harcourt

There was panic and pandemonium as fire engulfed a popular hotel in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers state sending lodgers, workers and visitors scampering for safety.

Although, the fire incident which engulfed parts of the popular Golden Tulip Hotel, located at the GRA Phase 2 area of the Garden city on Tuesday, recorded no death, the inferno however, destroyed properties worth millions of Naira.

Daily Times gathered that the fire started in the afternoon in one of the rooms on the first floor of the hotel, but for the combined efforts of the hotel’s staff and the state fire service, the entire five storey building would have been razed.

The hotel’s Human Resource Consultant, Paul Odousoro, who spoke with our correspondent stated that the cause of the fire was still unknown, adding that the occupants of the room affected by the fire was outdoors when the fire began.

“About 30 minutes ago, one of the hotel’s house keepers who was on the corridor of the first floor noticed heavy smoke coming out of that particular room that got burnt.

“The room was occupied by a client, but the client had gone to work when the fire started. The house keeper who first noticed it raised an alarm and immediately, the fire alarm was put on and all guests were taken to the muster point.

“When everyone was safe at the muster point, the process of putting out the fire began in earnest by the fire team and other staff of the hotel,” Odousoro said.

When contacted the state Police Command Spokesman, DSP Nnamdi Omoni confirmed the fire incident, but added that no life was lost.