‘The Fonz’ remains cool as Shelbourne Hotel is evacuated over fire

Actor Henry Winker, better known as The Fonz in Happy Days, was one of the guests who was evacuated from Dublin's Shelbourne Hotel on Wednesday morning.

He is in Dublin to promote his new book and was staying at the iconic hotel. 

"When I heard the fire alarm, I thought it was the clock radio. I thought somebody had set the alarm before we got there, like another guest," he told RTÉ News. 

"Then finally I went into another room and it was still buzzing, and I got a call from downstairs and a woman said in a very calm voice, 'yes we are all evacuating, you must evacuate right now'! And I left," he said. 

“Firefighters were called to a fire in a premises on St Stephen's Green at 10.38 this morning The fire is under control with an effective evacuation helping enormously,” said Dublin Fire Brigade.

Colm Kershaw, senior district officer with Dublin Fire Brigade confirmed there was a fire in the roof space in the new part of the building, and was confined to that area. He said the fire was confined to one room and there was minimal damage to the hotel. 

The floor was isolated, with a little bit of water damage caused to one room