Hundreds evacuated after teen girl sets fire to hotel sofa following fight with mom
A 16-year-old girl has been arrested after setting a couch on fire at a hotel and causing guests to be evacuated early in the morning following a fight with her mother, police say.
Ocala Fire Rescue in Ocala, Florida – located some 80 miles northwest of Orlando -- received a call at approximately 3:24 a.m. to reports of a structure fire at the Hilton Ocala hotel located on 3600 SW 36th Ave.
“Units arrived at the nine-story hotel to find audible and visual alarms, an active sprinkler system, and Ocala Police Department members assisting guests in evacuating the premises,” Ocala Fire Rescue said in a statement on social media.
Firefighters encountered “moderate smoke” as they entered the lobby of the hotel and began to make their way down a first-floor hallway near the banquet rooms to try and find the source of the fire which was worsening as they approached, authorities said.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/hundreds-evacuated-after-teenage-girl-sets-fire-hotel/story?id=101659522
Brat from hell.
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