GOVERNMENT CAMP, Oregon. Oregon’s historic Timberline Lodge, which appeared in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film “The Shining,” will reopen to guests on Sunday after a fire prompted evacuations but caused only minimal damage.
The inn said Saturday in a Facebook post that it will support guests during the repairs, as well as work to ensure water quality. Historic preservation efforts are also underway.
“There are challenges ahead, but we have overcome the worst,” the hotel said. “The efforts of the first responders and Timberline were remarkable during a very difficult time. This successful recovery is due to your dedication.”
Embers from the hotel’s large stone fireplace apparently ignited the roof Thursday night, the hotel said. Guests and staff were evacuated while firefighters put out the flames and no injuries were reported.
Damage caused by the fire and the water used to extinguish it is “benign” and contained to certain areas, the lodge said.
Its ski area reopened on Saturday.
Timberline Lodge was built in 1937, about 1,828 meters (6,000 feet) above 3,429 meters (11,249 feet) Mount Hood, by the Works Progress Administration, a U.S. government program created to provide jobs during the Great Depression.
It is about 100 kilometers east of Portland.
Kubrick used the hotel’s exterior as a stand-in for the Overlook Hotel in “The Shining,” a psychological horror film based on Stephen King’s 1977 novel of the same name.
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