LAKEWOOD — A fast-moving fire at the Capitol Hotel located at 325 Seventh Street early Sunday morning has claimed the life of one unidentified person and caused at least 40 to 50 people to be evacuated, according to Sgt. Edward Rupp of the Lakewood Police Department.
"There was a casualty. I don't know if it was male or female,'' Rupp said Sunday afternoon. "There was a body found in one of the hotel rooms.''
In addition, three Lakewood patrolmen were taken to Kimball Medical Center on Prospect Street in Lakewood for smoke inhalation. Patrolmen Edward Miick, Steve Kawolski and Leonard Nieves, Jr. were all treated and released from the Center.
Neighbors said the victim was a middle-aged man who was a native of a Eastern European country. They described the man as quiet, who smoked a lot and was often seen performing chores around the hotel.
Resident Sam Steinberg was a witness to the fire and the evacuation process. Steinberg said minutes after the blaze erupted on the third floor corner room, most of the occupants of the hotel were out of the building.
"Everyone moved quickly to get everyone out especially since not a lot of people are up at that time,'' said Steinberg. "When everyone got out, all the occupants were accounted for except one. And the fire was in the room that he used.'' Click HERE for more APP
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