ACT Fire Brigade on scene at the Kingston Hotel, Canberra Ave, Kingston following a small fire in a clothes dryer.
Fire has been extinguished.
Approx 100 staff and patrons have been evacuated as crews carry out ventilation and air monitoring.
Minimal fire damage confined to the room of origin in the bathroom.
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Time of Emergency Triple Zero (000) call 7.02pm.
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Fire at the Kingston Hotel
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Looked huge from the street. About a dozen fire trucks, lots of police cars, ambulances and a hazmat truck.
Quite the turnout for such a non-event.
someone didnt clean the lint filter… tsk tsk tsk