Derelict hotel to be demolished after huge fire breaks out at Blackpool hotel on promenade

  • Emergency services tackling the fire at the New Hacketts hotel in Blackpool

A derelict hotel has been so badly damaged by a fire it now needs to be demolished.

The huge blaze broke out at the four-storey New Hacketts hotel on Queens Promenade in Blackpool, with massive plumes of smoke seen across the seaside resort.

The incident sparked a major response from emergency services, with up to 12 fire engines, two aerial platform ladders and a specialist drone team all attending, on Monday 24 April.

Fire crews remain at the scene as of Tuesday 25 April.

Hotel 'unstable' as fire tears through derelict building for second time
Smoke on the skyline in Blackpool. Credit: @ADinBPL / Twitter

This latest fire, which began at about 3.30pm on Monday, comes just a month after the hotel last caught alight.

Flames took over four floors of the building, the roof space as well as the basement.

Officials from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service described the fire at the time as 'well alight’ with high unsupported walls and structural wall timbers severely affected.

Crews are now working to the front and the rear of the building, the structure of which has been now been declared "unstable."

Several road closures are still in place including Queens Promenade in both directions, Gynn Avenue in both directions, and Dickson Road, North bound.

Trams are not running from Talbot Square to Fleetwood. 

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