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<\/p>\n1 dead at Orlando hotel after industrial dryer incident, Orange County Fire Rescue says<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWE\u2019RE BACK WITH BREAKING NEWS OUT OF ORANGE COUNTY. THERE\u2019S A SCENE OUTSIDE OF HILTON ORLANDO WHERE WE\u2019RE HEARING SOMEONE HAS DIED. LET\u2019S GET RIGHT TO WESH 2 NEWS. PATTRIK PEREZ IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE HOTEL. PATRICK, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? WELL, JESSE, WE JUST ARRIVED HERE MINUTES AGO. THIS IS THE HOTEL THAT\u2019S RIGHT OFF OF. I DRIVE NEAR THE CONVENTION CENTER, ALSO RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM FIRE STATION 57. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CLOSER LOOK NOW AS TO WHAT WE\u2019RE SEEING HERE AT THIS SCENE. AT THE MOMENT, YOU\u2019RE GOING TO SEE SEVERAL ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF\u2019S OFFICE PATROL VEHICLES HERE WITH THEIR LIGHTS ON. ORANGE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE ACTUALLY CLEARED THE SCENE ABOUT MAYBE TEN MINUTES AGO, BUT WE DID HEAR FROM A SPOKESPERSON AS TO WHAT HAPPENED HERE. WE\u2019RE TOLD THAT THEY HAD TO RESCUE SOMEBODY FROM UNDER A DRYER, POSSIBLY AN INDUSTRIAL DRYER. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT PERSON DID PASS AWAY. AGAIN, WE\u2019RE TRYING TO CONFIRM MORE DETAILS AS TO WHETHER THE PERSON WHO DIED WAS AN EMPLOYEE OR A GUEST HERE AT THE HOTEL. BUT AGAIN, ALL OF THIS TAKING PLACE HERE AT THE HILTON ORLANDO NEAR I-DRIVE AND THE CONVENTION CENTER. AS SOON AS WE GET ANY MORE INFORMATION AS TO HOW EXACTLY THIS HAPPENED AND WHO THIS PERSON WAS, WE\u2019LL BE SURE TO\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
1 dead at Orlando hotel after industrial dryer incident, Orange County Fire Rescue says<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 10:21 PM EDT Apr 23, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n