The Americana Hotel has been condemned, shut down, closed!
All occupants have been removed from the Hotel and temporarily relocated to the Ocean City Convention Center. The Town of Ocean City Emergency Services is currently working with all occupants to find immediate housing to temporarily accommodate everyone.
The CO was found in the duct (sp?) work of the Hotel and I'm told the Town is doing an excellent job handling this emergency.
Not surprised. The owner did absolutely nothing to maintain that place and only cared about profit.
ReplyDeleteThis hotel was built on the site of the former George Washington Hotel on 10th Street and the Boardwalk in the early 1990s. Its a fairly large hotel so this must be a major evacuation problem as crowded as it must be at this time during the tourist season.
ReplyDeleteIts probably the boiler that does the domestic hot water.
ReplyDeleteThe CO was found in the duct work . . . What is the CO? What exactly is the problem?
ReplyDeleteCO as in carbon monoxide (one C, one O)
ReplyDeleteone C, one O in one O one C!!!
ReplyDeleteThe owner is a POS, a slumlord just with a newer looking property. Great work by the FD to close him down.
ReplyDeleteCO is poison, so death is the problem.
ReplyDeleteI have worked on some of the equipment in both the 10th st and 6th street location. They never wanted to spend more then the absolute minimum they could. Both are real dumps behind the "closed" doors.
ReplyDeleteI used to stay there when I went to OC on fall weekends becaue the rates were so great!
ReplyDeleteThere seem to be alot of issues with hotels and CO incidents.Does anyone know,is that something they check for in city inspections?
The fire marshals office is currently trying to mandate co detectors in all hotels on the island I believe. Unsure of if that is in the inspections but i will find out and get back to you.
ReplyDeleteWe have a carbon monoxide detector from First Alert that plugs into a standard outlet. Since the fatal incident a couple years ago in OC, whenever we travel we take it along and plug it in the motel room. Small price to pay for peace of mind.
ReplyDeleteThey want them all HARD WIRED in, that could be exspensive.
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