The downtown Hyatt Regency had hundreds of people outside with their luggage frustrated that they had to evacuate. They are all now left wondering what comes next.
READ: Electrical fire causes evacuation, temporary suspension of operations at Hyatt Regency Jacksonville
The Hyatt Regency confirms guests were evacuated on Saturday because of an electrical fire.
Hotel Guest – Rona Meekins-Crabbe said, “No one notified us of anything. No one notified us that we had to leave. So, we just happen to be sitting out front, and they said we have to leave.”
Rona Meekins-Crabbe checked in at the Hyatt on Tuesday, but her stay was cut short when she was told to leave.
Crabbe said, “For what I know of what we were told, which is very little. There was a fire. We had to evacuate. No alarm went off, no lights were in the building, and we had to exit through dark hallways, and dark steps.”
In these photos, you can see the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department on the scene,
The hotel general manager said a pipe burst on the hotel’s third floor early Saturday morning leaked onto a transformer and resulted in an isolated electrical fire, which was put out quickly.