“…The fire caused to hotel to lose power and prompted the chief to order an evacuation of the hotel…with the loss of the generator and the power out in the hotel, no elevators or any electrical systems were working at 
all. without power, smoke alarms and other life safety systems were not working, necessitating the evacuation…firefighters used master keys to go room by room, floor by floor…”
The Boston Fire Department responded to a fire Wednesday morning at the Doubletree Hotel on Soldiers Field Road in Allston for a fire in the generator room. The generator was on the second floor in the adjacent parking garage. The fire was contained to the electric panels and diesel fuel. With the help of the building’s staff the Boston Fire Department shut off the fuel supply.
Firefighters were shifted over to help with evacuation once the fire was knocked down. One extra engine and ladder were ordered to the scene. The Doubletree Hotel is a 15-story building.
The Boston Fire Department worked with the hotel to relocate the guests. The Boston Fire Chief ordered a building and an electrical inspector to the scene to check out the generator room where the fire was. The Doubletree Hotel had an electrical contractor and their building engineer on scene looking at damage and rerouting power to the hotel.
