MICHAEL O. ALLEN | Sunday, March 31, 1991
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A Sheraton Heights Hotel employee taking a cigarette break in a fourth-floor linen closet Saturday ignited a fire that caused a limited evacuation and minor damage, officials said.
Although a few people staying in the hotel were evacuated, no one was injured and the hotel operations, including tonight’s Easter dinner scheduled for 600 guests, will not be affected, said Nick Nicolosi, executive vice president of Motor Inn Associates, which owns the hotel.
“The water did not get to the ballroom or the Apollo restaurant, where we’ll be serving the dinner,” Nicolosi said.
Nicolosi said an investigator found a box of matches and a package of cigarettes in the closet. Damage was limited to the closet and water stains to tiles in the second- and third-floor ceilings, he said. The employee’s identity had not been determined.
Hasbrouck Heights police said Little Ferry and Wood-Ridge firefighters assisted the borough fire department in putting out the fire.
Keywords: HOTEL; FIRE; TOBACCO; HASBROUCK HEIGHTS
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