A hotel in Windermere, Cumbria, had to be evacuated after sauna unit caught fire.
Around 25 firefighters were called to Old England Hotel at 8 am on 24 June, where they found a blaze involving the spa rooms in the building.
Staff and guests fled the hotel following alarm activation.
While the fire did not spread through the rest of the hotel – the adjacent steam room, changing rooms and showers suffered heat and smoke damage.
Crews managed to extinguish the blaze by 12 pm.
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