Simple sentences may cause problems

I first heard the explosion from my room at the hotel.

The above is the first sentence/paragraph in a news item of an online version of a national English daily.

The sentence is just a simple sentence, but it may not convey the meaning intended by the writer.

Owing to a misplaced modifier, the sentence is saying the writer first heard the explosion and the explosion was from the writer's room at the hotel.

After reading the whole story, any reader will know that the writer's intention should be "From my room at the hotel, I first heard the explosion."