AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Mount Rainier hotel shut down over safety violations while guests were out hiking
Families visiting Mount Rainier National Park returned from a day hike to find their hotel suddenly closed and its electricity cut, months after county officials first flagged dangerous conditions the property never fixed. Sarah Ruppenthal, her husband, and their two teenage sons walked back to the Gateway Inn in Ashford, Washington, around 1 p.m. on […] The post Mount Rainier hotel shut down over safety violations while guests were out hiking appeared first on American Almanac .
Families visiting Mount Rainier National Park returned from a day hike to find their hotel suddenly closed and its electricity cut, months after county officials first flagged dangerous conditions the property never fixed. Sarah Ruppenthal, her husband, and their two teenage sons walked back to the Gateway Inn in Ashford, Washington, around 1 p.m. on August 5 to find the building roped off and utility workers disconnecting power. Pierce County officials had ordered the property shut down over unresolved safety violations that dated back to February, when inspectors first flagged dangerous electrical wiring, broken smoke detectors, blocked exits, chimney defects posing carbon-monoxide risks, and unpermitted construction. The hotel had…Open
