'Twilight' Hotel Ravaged by Flames

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The latest chapter in that viewpoint -- long history is a sad one a fire tore through the historic hotel Sunday afternoon.

Burning through much of the roof and -- in the top floor.

The owners are devastated I I don't even it's -- it's not even rilya.

It's crazy.

-- this viewer video shows large flames burning through the hotel's roof and smoke pouring into the sky.

This video from -- twelve shows just how badly the roof was damaged.

You can see through it and watch the firefighters working on the top floor lot of historical significance to it.

Very tragic.

Loss here built in 1924 the it once hosted Franklin Roosevelt and Charlie Chaplin it gained national fame a appearing in the first twilight movie.

In fact to twilight fans were the first to spot the flames we had two young women.

Part to sneak in and they saw -- the fire and they said you gotta fire employees try to fight the fire with a garden holes but were unsuccessful.

And the owners who filed for bankruptcy last month.

Say they can't fix this on their -- to think that it almost was gone many times before through ruin and neglect on.

Not a little fires and -- -- -- unfortunately this is a big fire but I can't do it by myself.

The until you put more than fifty wedding scheduled here in jeopardy including this couple's August 7 ceremony.

They rushed to this viewpoint when they heard about the fire shock.

And you know it's.

Less than a month away.

Now.

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