7 Hotel Fire Hotel fire: On December 30, 2009, a fire at a high-rise hotel in downtown San Diego sent hotel patrons to the streets Fire started in a kitchen – Welding work on a stove exhaust vent caught some grease on fire Recommended Facilitator Notes: (read the following text out-loud to participants while showing this slide) On December 30, 2009, a fire at a high-rise hotel in downtown San Diego sent hotel patrons to the streets.