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Mueller said the Red Cross and the Chaplain were called out to help those who were displaced.
There was no damage to the Twin Peaks restaurant below.
Mueller said they had a few animals they protected and put in a safe room in the apartments.
Prescott, AZ – Fire at historic hotel doused by sprinkler system
A total of more than 30 fire, police, and Lifeline Ambulance personnel responded to the fire, Kriwer said. A (TIP) Trauma Intervention Program volunteer was also on hand, and Kriwer said, “We will probably have a couple of displaced residents.”
Meanwhile, a group of residents clustered on the sidewalk – many of them bundled with blankets, and wearing flip-flops – waiting to be allowed back into their rooms.
“We’re frozen; we didn’t have time to get socks,” hotel resident Josie Valdez said, waiting on a sidewalk bench. Because her room is on the second floor, Valdez said she didn’t see any sign of the fire when she heard the call to evacuate.
Hotel resident Krista Schmidt, a writer, said she had time to grab only her laptop containing her writing, and a blanket, before leaving her room.
Daiton Rutkowski, who was working in the street-level Keystone Antiques shop Wednesday afternoon, said he had turned 10 to 15 shoppers away, because the Fire Department was not allowing people into the building until the power was restored.
Kriwer said the cause of the fire was still under investigation Wednesday afternoon.