The way forward for Chiltern Firehouse – common host to movie star events and leisure trade occasions – is unclear following a hearth inflicting widespread harm on February 14.
BBC News reports on the extent of the damage caused by burning wood falling from a pizza oven, and quotes architect Harriet Pillman saying the preliminary levels of restoration work would take no less than a 12 months, and it may very well be three years earlier than the well-known hang-out is able to re-open.
The previous hearth station, in-built 1889, was transformed right into a 26-suite lodge and restaurant in 2013. Such an prolonged closure, it’s feared, might have a unfavourable knock-on impact on different native companies.
The constructing was evacuated following the hearth, and nobody was harmed.
Andre Balazs, proprietor of Chiltern Firehouse, mentioned in an announcement: “Earlier this night, a hearth broke out at Chiltern Firehouse. We’re grateful to verify that nobody was harm, and our visitors and employees safely evacuated. The hearth has now been totally contained.
“It’s with heartfelt gratitude and appreciation that we watched a exceptional 120 hearth fighters from over 14 stations quickly descend on what they advised me was a massively sentimental constructing for thus lots of them. We all know in reality a type of who rushed to the Chiltern Firehouse this night had been stationed within the constructing when it was a hearth station 30 years in the past. I’m actually grateful to all of them as I’m positive that this isn’t the Valentine’s Day night they’d in thoughts.
“As of now, as that is nonetheless a dwell scenario we shouldn’t have affirmation of what could have prompted the hearth, however the hearth companies are investigating. Within the meantime, the Chiltern Firehouse will stay closed till additional discover.”
