Holiday Inn destroyed by fire 'too dangerous to enter'
West Midlands Fire ServiceA hotel ravaged by fire on Friday is still too dangerous to enter, firefighters have said.
About 25 firefighters were still at the scene on Saturday dealing with small pockets of fire.
Fire tore through hotel rooms at the Holiday Inn in Willenhall, West Midlands, with the building believed to be almost completely destroyed.
The fire is believed to have started in the sauna during the afternoon. The building will be assessed later.
A fire service spokesman said crews worked through the night tackling hotspots.
Incident commander Neil Griffiths said his crews had tried to attack the fire and put it out, but the spread of the fire had been too great and they had to retreat.
"That way, we could fight it from the outside," he said.
Hotel staff evacuated the two-storey building when the fire broke out and carried out a roll call, the service said.
West Midlands Ambulance ServiceA Holiday Inn spokesperson said all guests and employees had been accounted for and no-one had been injured.
The hotel said it had been working with guests to rearrange bookings and it is thought some were relocated to a nearby Holiday Inn Express.
On Friday, the smoke from the site of the Wolverhampton Road West could be seen by commuters on the nearby M6 as well as being seen in Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Bromsgrove.
Residents were advised to keep doors and windows closed for the evening.
One resident said her children were playing in the paddling pool, but came in to say they could smell burning and then police advised everyone to stay inside.
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