PARTS of Blackpool promenade were sealed off for more than two hours early today after 38 guests were evacuated from the President Hotel, following a fire in a third floor room.
Fire crews rescued two people from a first floor balcony. Two others were taken to hospital after breathing in smoke. Police are treating the fire as suspicious.
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