Firefighters were called out to a blaze at the former Sonesta hotel on Friday night.

A brush fire measuring 20ft by 20ft had to be extinguished with 3,000 gallons of water after wood and dry wall at the property caught alight.

Two appliances, one from Hamilton and one from Port Royal, were called out at 10.30 p.m. and it took two hours to extinguish the blaze.

Fire Service Staff Officer Lieutenant Dana Lovell said: "It was quite a deep-seated fire and required approximately 3,000 gallons of water to put it out. The fire was of some material the building was constructed from, but we don't know what caused it."