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The 'Twilight' hotel, location of Bella and Edward's prom, catches fire over the weekend

11 July 2011 12:51 PM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »

Over the weekend, the historic Corbett, Oregon landmark The View Point Inn — or as its known to Twihards, the location where Bella Swan and Edward Cullen’s prom scene was filmed for Twilight – was damaged by a three-alarm fire.

Tom Layton, the fire chief for the Multnomah County Fire Department (one of the four companies to respond to the blaze), confirmed to EW that the fire, which was dispatched to their company at 11:49 a.m. on Sunday, July 10, is no longer under investigation and has been declared an accident. The fire was caused by particles from the fire place »

- Aly Semigran

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'Twilight' prom scene's View Point Inn destroyed by fire

11 July 2011 5:52 AM, PDT | Twilight Examiner | See recent Twilight Examiner news »

Sadly, the View Point Inn, a small historic building located in Portland, Oregon which served as the venue for the prom scene in Twilight, was destroyed by a fire on Sunday.

According to local Portland news site Katu.com, two Twilight fans who were visiting the site first caught sight of the blazes and subsequent efforts by Inn employees to douse the flames were unsuccessful.

One owner, Geoff Thompson, who had been struggling to keep the building conditioned in years past, stated, "I love the inn, but I can't do it by myself anymore . . . If Oregon wants this inn and if people want this inn, everybody's going to have to join in and save it because I just can't do it my myself."

This is the latest of several Twilight film landmarks to come down.

In March, it was announced that the Casa Em Paraty location used as "Isle Esme »

- thetwilightexaminer

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