Rihanna escapes hotel fire RIHANNA was among 300 people evacuated from a hotel after an early-morning fire (local time) in an elevator shaft, the London Fire Brigade said. The 24-year-old Barbadian singer tweeted news of the fire overnight to her 21 million Twitter followers, posting a picture of a fire engine and the words: "Roamin da streets since 6am! Fyah in da telly. The fire brigade said the alarm was raised at 6.22am (3.22pm AEST) and 10 firefighters dealt with the blaze on the seventh floor of the luxury Corinthia Hotel. There were no reports of injuries.