Hotel guilty of serious fire safety breaches
Written by terry on October 7, 2010 at 22:29
A Leicester hotel has been ordered to pay £29,715 in fines and £8,000 in costs after a number of safety breaches were discovered after a serious fire at the property in August 2009.
The Park Lane Hotel in Leicester, which is owned by Park Hotel Limited, had no evacuation procedure in place which meant guests had to evacuate themselves with no help or assistance from staff. It was also found that fire alarms were not loud enough to be heard in all parts of the building, fire doors had been left open and some fire escapes stairs were rotten and unsafe to use.
No one was hurt in the fire but it is very clear that due to the many safety failures, things could have been a lot worse.
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