Midnight mayhem: police investigate after hotel evacuated in Gold Coast fire
A fire that prompted the evacuation of a nearby hotel is being investigated by police. Find out more.
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Gold Coast police are investigating a blaze that saw a high-rise evacuated overnight.
Emergency services were called to a commercial building fire in Coolangatta on Sunday night at around 11.40pm.
A Queensland Fire Department spokesman said two crews attended the McLean St scene at 11.45pm and the fire was under control by 11.50pm.
The fire was out by 12.30pm.
A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said the affected building was a business and a neighbouring hotel had been evacuated as a precaution.
She said investigations into the cause of the blaze were ongoing.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman confirmed a nearby high-rise had been evacuated. Nobody required treatment.
More to come.
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