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Harrogate's Majestic Hotel reopens after fatal fire
A hotel that was ravaged by a fire that killed a kitchen porter has reopened.
Nigel Butterfield, 41, died in the fire that ripped through 35 rooms at the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate in May.
Up to 90 firefighters tackled the blaze which began in staff accommodation on the fifth floor and spread to guest bedrooms on the floor below.
An investigation into the cause of the fire remains ongoing, a spokesman for North Yorkshire Police confirmed.
He said that nothing had been ruled out and the fire was "potentially suspicious". The Victorian-built four-star hotel, which officially reopened yesterday, welcomed its first guests since the fire on Sunday.
Charles Prew, chief executive of Barcelo Hotels UK which owns the hotel said: "A lot of the dirty work has now been completed. We had to make the hotel secure where the fire was."
Mr Prew said it took two months for scaffolding to be erected and a roof built.
He said dirty materials were then removed so the building could be
dried out. All of the hotel will be repaired and re-opened by April 2011.
A full inquest into the death of Mr Butterfield has yet to be scheduled.
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