Hundreds Evacuated After Suspicious Hotel Fire in Kent

Approximately 280 people were evacuated from the Grand Burstin Hotel in Folkestone, Kent, after a fire broke out around 1am on Saturday. Authorities are treating the blaze, which is believed to have originated in the basement, as suspicious.

🐿️ The suspicious basement origin and overnight timing of this fire should trigger an urgent review of fire prevention and evacuation procedures in the UK's coastal hotel sector.