So there I was in a 8-10 floor Holiday Inn, Alexandria VA.
My clothes were laid out neatly for an interview later that morning.
I am standing buck naked (sorry for the visual) shaving after a long morning shower and I heard sirens. I walked over to look out the window and saw nothing but smoke. I grabbed my pants, shoes and shirt on the way to the door, stopped to take a deep breath and tried to remember where the two nearest exits I scouted out the night before.
I felt the door; it was cool to the touch. Slowly opened the door with my body pressed against it, nothing happened.
The hall was clear and I headed to the exit at the far end of the hall, trying to get away from the smoke outside my window. That exit was clear and I went down and got out OK.
Fortunately everyone got out OK.
What bothered me about the entire incident was they never rang any alarms in the hotel.