Wolverhampton's Britannia Hotel evacuated in fire drama
Wolverhampton's Britannia Hotel was evacuated during the early hours of this morning after a fire broke out in its kitchen.
Guests were awoken and told to leave the Lichfield Street hotel at 3.15am.
Fire chiefs said the blaze was contained to the hotel's kitchen after starting in the frying range.
The fire was quickly extinguished and guests were allowed back into the hotel by 3.50am, West Midlands Fire Service said.
Spokesman James Round said: "We responded to an incident involving a fire in the commercial frying range. The fire was contained to the commercial frying range.
"The hotel requested an engineer to make everything safe. We carried out an inspection with thermal image cameras and left the incident with the manager of the premises and the engineer."
