Fire at Hotel Club A on Kopaonik Under Control
A blaze hit the hotel, which was being renovated, overnight between October 7 and 8. Kraljevo police say no one was hurt and the fire is not spreading. The cause is unknown.
A fire broke out at Hotel Club A on Kopaonik overnight between Wednesday, October 7, and Thursday, October 8. The building was being renovated, and firefighters brought the blaze under control during the night. No one was injured.
Kraljevo Police Directorate told Tanjug that the fire is under control and not spreading. The same police directorate said there are no injured or endangered people, and the cause of the fire is not yet known.
When did the fire start on Kopaonik?
Sources disagree on the time. Alo and sd.rs, which relays Tanjug, say the fire broke out around 11 p.m. last night. Mondo reports it happened shortly after midnight. In one of its related stories, Informer says the hotel began to burn just after 10 p.m. None of these sources gives an officially confirmed time, so the moment the fire started cannot be pinned down for now.
Once the fire was spotted, fire crews were sent to the scene. According to Alo, after bringing the blaze under control firefighters kept going over parts of the roof structure and soaking them, and were also putting out remaining hot spots in the roofing, so the flames would not flare up again. None of the sources consulted gives the number of firefighters or vehicles.
What is known about the damage and the cause?
According to Alo, the hotel was closed because of renovation work. Mondo says it was in the final phase of renovation, while 021.rs writes that the building has been under renovation for some time. Mondo adds that the fire engulfed a large part of the building.
The first photos from the scene were posted by the Instagram page 192_rs. Beneath the post is an assessment of the damage and a note on casualties:
Significant material damage was caused, the exact extent of which will be determined later. The cause of the fire is not yet known, and there are no injured persons.
Informer, which relays those photos, writes that thick smoke kept rising here and there from the charred part of the building during the day, and that crews on duty stayed at the site. The aim is to prevent the flames from flaring up again.
There is no official information on what caused the fire. The circumstances should be established after an on-site investigation and inquiry, and the relevant services will also assess the extent of the material damage. Until then, all that is known is that the hotel burned, the fire was brought under control, and no one was hurt.
