Abstract: A hose reel device for fire extinguishing appliance of the type having a cabinet and a door swingable to be horizontally opened so as to provide a vertical rotational axis for the hose reel mounted on inside of the door in opened position. The device is accordingly adapted to the use in a highway tunnel so as to be recessed into a wall portion immediately over a pedestrian inspecting passageway and is intended to provide, in case of emergency, a better mode of opening the door and a convenient reach of the operator to the device even though remaining under the passageway while permitting the hose to be run out in any direction without any conscious effort of the operator.