Photo: El Paso Fire Department
Paranormal enthusiasts in Texas are mourning the loss of a famed haunted hotel that was gutted by a massive fire that left the beloved site a smoldering shell of itself. Located in the downtown El Paso, the De Soto Hotel opened in 1905 and, over the ensuing decades, developed a reputation for being home to a variety of spirits that once walked its halls when they were among the living. A wildly popular destination for ghost tours, urban explorers, and paranormal television shows in recent years, the four-story building was engulfed by an inferno that reportedly began on Friday afternoon and lasted for hours as a whopping 70 firefighters from 24 units fought the enormous blaze.
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