Famous Hotel in Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’ Goes Up in Flames

One of many nation’s most well-known accommodations featured within the Stanley Kubrick movie, “The Shining,” went up in flames Thursday evening – however fortunately firefighters put out the blaze earlier than it may unfold and destroy the Oregon landmark.

Timberline Lodge — higher generally known as the Overlook Hotel from the 1980 horror basic starring Jack Nicholson — was as soon as once more shot by digicam crews, however this time TV information retailers filmed a small inferno that erupted within the attic of the 55,000 sq. foot constructing.

Final night, fireplace crews responded to the lodge and ski resort about 60 miles from Portland after workers known as within the emergency and directed friends to congregate in protected locations.

For two hours, firefighters doused the flaming roof with water beneath windy circumstances, bringing the intense three-alarm blaze beneath management earlier than midnight. No accidents have been reported.

Native officers mentioned the flames have been contained to only the roof and the attic, however the ski space would nonetheless be closed Friday. Preservationists eliminated items of artwork and furnishings sprayed by fireplace hoses to take care of and safeguard what they deemed “historic assets.”

Investigators haven’t give you a trigger for the hearth however theorized flying embers from a chimney may need ignited it.