About 6.30am on Sunday guests at the north Adelaide Comfort Hotel Meridien were forced to flee in their pyjamas while firefighters fought to rescue those trapped in the building.

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The fire at the Comfort Hotel Adelaide Meridien on Melbourne St around 6.30am on Sunday forced dozens of people to flee in their nightwear, with one burnt man jumping into the hotel’s swimming pool.

Mr Sharma, 43, is one of three men being treated in the Royal Adelaide Hospital’s intensive care unit for serious injuries sustained in the fire, which broke out at the Comfort Hotel Adelaide ...

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