EXCLUSIVE Guests staying at £695-a-night luxury hotel and spa tell of 'chaos' after chemical spill left them locked out of their rooms, with eyes stinging amid scenes of gas mask wearing fire service workers trying to make area safe Were you staying at the hotel? Email [email protected].
uk By Eirian Jane Prosser Published: 20:52 EDT, 30 June 2024 | Updated: 20:53 EDT, 30 June 2024 e-mail View comments A luxury hotel and country club was left in 'complete chaos' yesterday after a chemical spill left guests at the £695-a-night manor locked out of their rooms as firefighters clad in gas masks tried to make the area safe. Visitors staying at the Estelle Manor in the leafy village of Eynsham in Oxfordshire were evacuated from their rooms just before 8am yesterday morning after a chemical spilled in a swimming pool pump room. Dozens of people wearing nothing but their robes, pyjamas and even swim shorts were turfed out of the Grade II listed building to avoid the hazard as the fire alarm blared on the usually quiet estate.
Ambulance crews, police officers and emergency workers in hazmat suits rushed to the hotel, while residents close to the rural village were told to close all doors and windows until the fumes stopped pouring from the posh estate. Guests - who have still not been able to re-enter the property - were told they would have to leave their passports, wallets and even medication behind until emergency service workers deemed the property safe again. Firefight.
