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More than 100 people were evacuated as flames ripped through a popular luxury hotel and restaurant in central London on Friday.
“Twenty fire engines and around 125 firefighters tackled a fire at a hotel on Chiltern Street in Marylebone,” the London Fire Brigade said in a statement.
The blaze started in the ducting then spread from the ground floor and to the roof of the four-story hotel called the Chiltern Firehouse, which is known to be frequented by celebrities.
An unnamed firefighter told the UK’s PA Media news agency that “the hotel is probably going to need a large refurbishment.”
Many people were…
