Pakistan and South African players were involved in what is believed to be a fire scare and had to file out of their Hilton hotel in Port of Spain early on Wednesday as they were having breakfast.
Irish and Canadian players, however, were not among those who had to leave the premises, having already left for practice. Four fire engines were at the scene but no official comment was immediately available.
Pakistan paceman Mohammad Sami told Agence France-Presse he had seen a lot of smoke when evacuating the hotel.
”I was on the sixth floor when a security man came to my room and asked me to vacate the hotel,” he said.
”I saw a lot of smoke coming out from the corridor so I ran down.”
Pakistan captain Inzamam ul-Haq was unfazed by the evacuation, saying he had been told that the team had had to leave the hotel ”as a precautionary measure”.
About 150 people were evacuated from the hotel and moved away to a safer location. — AFP
