Do you remember the iconic hotel featured in Stanley Kubrick’s movie, ‘The Shining’? It seems like part of Stephen King’s original tale, but it happened in real life: The hotel where the movie was filmed suffered a dramatic fire.
This Tuesday, firefighters helped extinguish a fire at the historic Timberline Lodge hotel, and helped staff employees safely evacuate the building before anything bad happened.
It is believed that the main cause of the fire could be some ashes from the main fireplace. The 55,000-square-foot building will close for inspections and repairs, even thought it appears the damage to the interior is minimal and has no internal smoke or fire damage.
A guest said it was difficult to see this iconic building suffering the fire: “It’s emotional seeing something so emblematic of our state with such history on fire. It’s such a historic, special building,”.
The Shining was filmed on 1980 and is frequently cited as one of the best horror films of all time. It was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” in 2018.
About Timberline Lodge
Timberline Lodge is a mountain retreat located on the southern slope of Mount Hood in Oregon, approximately 100 km east of Portland, United States. Built between 1936 and 1938 by the Works Progress Administration, this historic site was constructed and adorned by local craftsmen during the Great Depression.
Situated at an altitude of 2000 meters above sea level, in the Mount Hood National Forest, access to the lodge is via the scenic Mount Hood Scenic Byway. Timberline Lodge is owned by the United States government and operated privately, serving as a popular tourist attraction visited by around two million visitors each year.
The hotel’s facade was used to film the exterior scenes of the movie “The Shining”. While the maze does not appear in aerial shots because it doesn’t actually exist, the interiors were recreations of other hotels.
