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June 5, 2008

Air conditioner fire displaces 2 Fox Point hotel guests

PROVIDENCE -- An overheated air conditioning unit caused a small fire at the Radisson Hotel in Fox Point early this morning that sent two hotel guests to the hospital for minor injuries.

The unit in the guests’ fifth-floor room overheated around 3:50 a.m., igniting a curtain,
according to Providence Fire Marshal Anthony J. Di Giulio.

Firefighters were soon on the scene at the 220 India St. hotel and had the fire under control quickly, Di Giulio said. The fire caused smoke and fire damage to the room, and water damage to other parts of the floor.

The two guests, whose names were not immediately available, were taken to Rhode Island Hospital and released soon after.

-- Journal staff writer Daniel Barbarisi

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