1.
MV CROWD OUTSIDE HOTEL.
0.03

2.
CU MARQUEE "ASTOR".
0.06

3.
MV FIREMEN WITH HOSES.
0.11

4.
CU FIRE IN CEILING.
0.14

5.
FIRE.
0.19

6.
MV WATER POURING THROUGH CEILING.
0.24

7.
MV PEOPLE ON STAIRWAY.
0.28

8.
CU FIRE IN CEILING.
0.32

9.
MV FIREMEN OUTSIDE HOTEL.
0.35

10.
MV FIREMEN WITH HOSE.
0.40

11.
LV HOTEL MARQUEE.
0.44


VARIOUS SHOTS OF EXTERIOR OF HOTEL, FIREMEN FIGHTING FIRE, EVACUATED GUESTS, ETC.,




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Background: A THREE-ALARM FIRE -- APPARENTLY SET BY AN ARSONIST -- CAUSED A MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGED TO THE FAMED HOTEL ASTRO IN NEW YORK CITY'S TIMES SQUARE (6TH JANUARY).

THE FIRE SEVERELY DAMAGED THE HOTEL'S GRAND BALLROOM, FORCING THE EVACUATION OF 50 GUESTS WHOSE ROOMS WHERE ABOVE IT. NO ONE WAS HURT IN THE BLAZE, AND THE FIRE WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL QUICKLY.