New York Post

Fires turn luxe hotel hellish

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BILLIONAIR­ES and celebritie­s at Miami Beach’s ultra-exclusive Setai hotel and residences were left in the dark after a series of fires knocked out the power and caused flooding — turning the place into “a disaster.”

Some 1-percenters spent the night huddled outside on pool chairs, and others scrambled to their private jets after condos — which sell for more than $12 million for a four-bedroom spread — were left without air conditioni­ng or hot water.

We’re told that an influx of Passover and spring break travelers left it almost impossible to find a room elsewhere in town.

Sources say that superstar DJ Diplo was among the chic set who skipped town amid the alleged inconvenie­nces.

As we previously reported, an electrical fire broke out on the 19th floor of the hotel’s residentia­l tower on Friday around 6 p.m., and was quickly put out. Society divorcée Libbie Mugrabi told friends that “there was screaming and smoke in the stairwells,” and that it felt like “9/11 all over again.”

But now we hear there was a second fire and partial evacuation of the Collins Avenue building at around 6 the following morning.

Parts of the building — co-owned by Alexander Von Furstenber­g — were still without power as of Monday.

Victor Naar, CEO of CastleRock REO and a resident of the building, tells Page Six, “Two fires, two evacuation­s. No lights in the hallways and elevators were not working at all.”

“On Friday after the second evacuation, people were sleeping on pool chairs till 7 a.m.,” he added. “It’s been a complete disaster.”

Meanwhile, we hear Jane Scher, Mugrabi’s mother, sprained her ankle during the morning evacuation after tripping on her dog, Botox.

Hotel management didn’t respond to our request for comment, and the fire department told us it wouldn’t be able to share informatio­n about the fires until an investigat­ion has been completed.

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