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Aug 10, 2018 News
Proprietor of the Pegasus Hotel, Robert Badal has debunked claims that the hotel breached any safety regulation when a fire broke out on Sunday.
In a statement issued yesterday, Badal refuted reports by certain sections of the media, in which claims were made by purported guests of the hotel.
He pointed specifically to the account by one guest – purportedly a pastor who reportedly had to evacuate his family from a higher floor while chains were on the emergency exit doors.
This, the hotel owner claimed is totally false.
“We put all families on the same floor and there is no record of that Pastor being a guest. We have footage of the guests of the hotel on that night.”
Badal noted that the headlines in one newspaper which suggested that the Guyana Tourism Authority is investigating Pegasus Hotel, and in another, which stated the Fire Department were removing locks from exit doors following the incident, has scared clients and potential clients of the hotel.
The headlines, he noted, were publicized all over the world and a few guests, who arrived at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, were even under the impression that the Pegasus had been completely destroyed by fire.
Badal noted that obviously this is not the case, since “the Pegasus has a long history of safety and security of our guests and customers”.
“Our latest model fire response performs well; all our fire extinguishers were fully charged. The management and staff of the hotel were professional and up to the task at the time of the incident.
By the time the fire department arrived, the blaze was already extinguished and evacuations were near complete.
At no time was fire officers required to evacuate anyone. Guests returned to their rooms shortly afterwards,” Badal reassured.
According to Badal, at around 10:30pm last Sunday, a small fire ignited on a fryer in the kitchen area of the Pegasus Hotel.
The fire was extinguished within ten minutes by hotel staff as the smoke alarm triggered emergency response, but residual smoke entered the lobby and a few other areas which caused anxieties and inconveniences to some of the guests.
THIS IDIOT TELLING GUYANA WE HAVE NO SAY IN THE 50% PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH EXXON.
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