Wolf Road Marriott hotel evacuated because
of fire
March 7, 2006
COLONIE -- A small, smoky wall fire forced the evacuation of the
Albany Marriott hotel on Wolf Road Monday morning, authorities said.
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Firefighters controlled the blaze -- mostly smoldering insulation
and dryer lint -- within five to 10 minutes, said Chief Jerry Paris
of the Shaker Road-Loudonville Fire Department. The fire was reported
at 11:05 a.m.
No one was injured in the dryer-room fire, but lint and the spray-on
insulation around the 10-inch dryer vent tubes gave off enough smoke
that it took about an hour to ventilate, the chief said.
A woman who answered the phone in the hotel's executive offices,
but declined to give her full name, said the entire building was
evacuated. People were allowed back in within an hour.
Among those sent scurrying to the parking lot of the 359-room hotel
at 189 Wolf Road were members of the New York State School Boards
Association, who were holding conferences to prepare for a lobbying
day today.
The fire didn't appear to pose a problem, said association spokesman
David Ernst, who was notified of the incident shortly after he left
the hotel. But the persistent alarms did interrupt a workshop on
pensions.
Paris said that though the fire was small, no fire is routine.
"It had the potential to go someplace," he said.
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