From Greenville News: 5 years After Deadly Comfort Inn Fire, New Effort Planned to Make Hotels Safer
November 3, 2009 by Christian Stegmaier
Interesting article in today’s (11/03/09) Greenville News regarding deadly fire at Comfort Inn in Greenville in 2004. Six guests died at the hotel, while others saved themselves by jumping from windows three stories high.The Comfort Inn didn’t have sprinklers, and a clerk turned off the fire alarm the first time it sounded. The Comfort Inn rebuilt and now is among the six hotels in the Wade Hampton fire district that have sprinklers.
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Christian Stegmaier is a shareholder and chair of the Retail & Hospitality Practice Group at Collins & Lacy in Columbia. He is also active in the firm’s professional liability and appellate practices. Stegmaier welcomes your questions at (803) 255-0454 or cstegmaier@collinsandlacy.com.