A terrified insider at a Perth hotel where three people died after a fire this morning has told how the blaze broke out while workers and guests slept.
Emergency services raced to County Place in the Fair City at around 5.10am following reports of a fire breaking out in the New County Hotel.
Police and fire officers have mounted a joint investigation in a bid to ascertain the cause of the blaze. The hotel source told the Record of their terror after being woken by the smoke alarm early this morning.