Unnerving moment as man climbs the balconies of a high-rise resort as ‘suspicious’ fire rips through an apartment
- Blaze lit up Gold Coast beachfront hotel
- Man seen climbing balconies to escape
A man has made a daredevil escape from a ‘suspicious’ fire that threatened to engulf a popular hotel while scrambling the outside of the high-rise.
Emergency services were called to a fire at the Equinox Sun Resort on Main Beach Parade in Surfers Paradise, on the Gold Coast, at 12.47am on Sunday.
Footage shared online showed a man in shorts stepping precariously from one railing to another to escape the inferno.
A man dangerously escaped a ‘suspicious’ fire at a high-rise hotel after midnight on Saturday night in Surfers Paradise
Emergency services rushed to the Equinox Sun Resort due to a fire on the 11th floor of the Main Beach Parade hotel in Surfers Paradise at 12:47 a.m. Sunday morning
He appeared to have safely navigated the perilous escape by stepping from high balcony to the next.
Queensland Ambulance said 82 people were treated at the scene and four were rushed to hospital.
They included a man with minor burns, a woman in her 80s with chest pains, a man in his 40s with a cut on his head, and a man in his 80s who was experiencing vertigo.
All patients were in a stable condition.
Dozens of people had to flee the fire, which was brought under control by 10 fire crews around 2 a.m.
Guests on each floor had to be evacuated and the building ventilated after the fire was extinguished.
Queensland Police have identified a crime scene at the hotel and are continuing to investigate the ‘suspicious’ fire.
It took ten fire crews to bring the blaze under control, which appeared to have started in a hotel room on the 11th floor of the Equinox Sun Resort on Main Beach Parade
Guests on each floor had to be evacuated and the building ventilated after the fire was extinguished
Queensland Police confirmed to Daily Mail Australia that no charges had been filed as of 9am on Sunday.
“Police are investigating a suspicious fire at a Surfers Paradise unit complex early this morning, July 16,” a police statement said.
They called on anyone with information to contact Policelink at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting or by calling 131 444.