Fire Damages Popular Duluth Hotel
March 7, 2010 — An early morning fire damaged the Edgewater Resort and Waterpark. Duluth fire officials says a passerby reported smoke coming from the roof of the well known hotel around 2:30 a.m. The first arriving fire units reported heavy smoke coming from the roof on the east end of the building. The entire east section of the hotel was evacuated. The fire was contained to a large heating and air conditioning unit on the roof located above the water park section at the hotel. Firefighters were on the scene for about an hour and a half. Preliminary damages were estimated at over $37,000. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Here is the narrative of the fire operations at the Edgewater Complex, courtesy of the Duluth Fire Department:
RESPONDED WITH FULL ALARM ASSIGNMENT TO PASSERBY REPORT OF BLACK SMOKE FROM THE ROOF OF EDGEWATER HOTEL/WATERPARK.
4Q REPORTS HEAVY SMOKE VISIBLE FROM EAST END OF ROOF. FIRE ALARM SYSTEM WENT OFF AS WE WERE ARRIVING - DPD ASSISTED WITH EVACUATION OF EAST BUILDING IN COMPLEX. OCCUPANTS WERE REMOVED TO ADJACENT BUILDINGS AND/OR PERSONAL VEHICLES.
DUE TO UNCERTAINTY OF FIRE LOCATION/EXTENT AND SIZE OF BUILDING, 2E AND 8T WERE REQUESTED TO RESPOND CODE 3.
3E ASSIGNED TO SPRINKLER SYSTEM SUPPLY AND CONTROL. 11E (IN PLACE OF 6E) ASSIGNED TO SUPPLY 3E. 4Q ASSIGNED TO SE BUILDING CORNER AND PROVIDED AERIAL ACCESS.
IT ASSIGNED TO FRONT OF BUILDING AND PROVIDED AERIAL ACCESS. 1E ASSIGNED TO SUPPLY 1T.
R1, 2E, 4Q AND 1E ASSIGNED TO FIRE SUPPRESSION - EXTERIOR AND CHECKING FOR INTERIOR EXTENSION.
8T ASSIGNED TO VENTILATION.
FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO LARGE HVAC UNIT ON ROOF ABOVE WATERPARK. NO EXTENSION BEYOND UNIT ITSELF. POWER SUPPLY TO UNIT SECURED AND FIRE EXTINGUISHED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SMOKE IN WATERPARK AREA - AND LESSER AMOUNT IN CORRIDORS ADJACENT TO WATERPARK. VENTILATION ACCOMPLISHED WITH A COMBINATION OF POSITIVE PRESSURE AND BUILDING EVAC SYSTEM.
CREWS FORCED ENTRY INTO POOL AREA BY BREAKING SMALL WINDOW ON WEST ENTRANCE FROM HOTEL.
DAMAGE ESTIMATES INCLUDE ROOF TOP HVAC UNIT AND SMOKE CLEANUP.
HOTEL GUESTS THAT WERE EVACUATED WERE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO ROOMS WITHIN APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR.
FIRE INVESTIGATOR REQUESTED AND SQ 258 RESPONDED.