London’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel, which is home to Dinner by Heston London, caught fire yesterday (June 6, 2018) just a week after completing an extensive multi-million dollar restoration process in its 115-year history.
A total of 36 hotel guests and 250 members of hotel staff were evacuated with singer Robbie Williams being one of them, a BBC report said.
Just evacuated Mandarin Oriental hotel to see this.... absolutely crazy! So impressed by the organisation in bringing everyone to safety #knightsbridge #mandarinoriental pic.twitter.com/1837pi4uoD
— Anna Whiteley (@AnnaWhiteley) June 6, 2018
The blazing fire spread to several floors but was extinguished by the London Fire Brigade (LFB). LFB noted that the cause of the fire is still not known.
Dinner by Heston London executive chef Ashley Palmer-Watts tweeted that the restaurant will remain closed for the evening due to the incident. The restaurant is one of the concepts due to open in Dubai at the Royal Atlantis.
Everyone one from our team at DINNER BY HESTON is ok, the Restaurant will be closed this evening and will post an update in due course. Thank you for the messages please RT
— Ashley Palmer-Watts (@APWChef) June 6, 2018
Wow! Thank you for all the messages, thanks to the team @MO_LONDON handling the situation so well, no one was hurt. @dinnerbyheston We will be closed on Thursday and will update again once we have a clearer idea when we maybe back up and running. Sorry for any inconvenience.
— Ashley Palmer-Watts (@APWChef) June 6, 2018
This is not the first time the hotel has caught on fire. According to a report by CNN, the hotel, which was first built in 1889, had a fire that broke out and damaged the top three floors of one wing and destroyed a section of the roof. The hotel reopen to the public in 1902 as a luxury hotel.
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