Loch Lomond hotel fire: Two people killed after blaze rips through luxury resort
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- 18 Dec 2020
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Two people have died after fire tore through a five-star hotel on the banks of Loch Lomond.
Police Scotland confirmed the deaths after the blaze broke out at the luxury Cameron House hotel in the early hours of Monday.
Three others are being treated in hospital following the first, which saw more than 45 firefighters called to the hotel at around 6.40am.
Police said one person died at the scene while another passed away at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.
Three other people, two adults and a child believed to be from one family, were taken to hospital in Glasgow for treatment. Officers said the hotel has been "extensively damaged".
Guests and staff were evacuated and stood outside the hotel while emergency services took control of the area.
Firefighters tackled the blaze in the roof of the hotel from an aerial unit.
Cameron House is one of Scotland's most luxurious hotels with views across Loch Lomond. On its Facebook page, the hotel said the fire was within the main building.
An 18th century Baronial mansion, it was converted into a luxury hotel and resort in 1986 after it was sold by the Smollett family, who held the property for three centuries.
The venue offers a romantic location for weddings, a championship standard course for golfers and five-star facilities for guests.
Chef Martin Wishart has a Michelin-starred restaurant at the hotel.
A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said: "We received a call at 6.44am today to attend an incident at the Cameron House Hotel.
"We dispatched four ambulances, our special operations response team and the trauma team to the scene."
Police said other guests were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said officers were carrying out a search of the building, which has more than 130 bedrooms.
A spokesman said: "Operations Control has mobilised a total of 12 appliances to the scene.
"Firefighters are currently in the process of searching the building while fighting the fire using powerful water jets. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service remains in attendance."
