Most of the time, hotels have their priorities right. Health and safety on behalf of hotel guests usually trump everything, but not in this case. Sure, if a guest is in desperate need of a cold can of soda or a bag of chips, then great, the vending machine is right there. But if a guest of this hotel is in desperate need of access to a fire extinguisher in an emergency? Oh.
It surely won't be long until the authorities force this hotel to get their act together, but maybe a post on social media from this guest might speed up the process.