Island crews called out to hotel blaze in Sandown

Firefighters were called to a hotel on Culver Parade in Sandown shortly after 4pm on Sunday evening (3 October) after a large fire had broken out at the rear of the premises.

Smoke was issuing as crews from Newport, Ryde, Sandown and Shanklin arrived, before tackling the blaze which had caused 80% damage to the single storey building.

The fire was extinguished using one main jet, one safety jet, two hose reels and four sets of breathing apparatus.

HIWFRS dampened down the scene and checked for hotspots before returning to station at 17:41.