Fire crews are tackling a hotel fire in northwest OKC.
Officials say the fire started inside an empty room at a SpringHill Suites in the 3200 block of W Memorial.
Crews say there is smoke damage on the first and second floors.
The hotel was evacuated and there are no reported injuries.
Redmond Fire and Rescue crews were called around 2:20 a.m. to a first-floor room at the three-story motel on Southwest 21st Place, near the Redmond Airport, Captain Ken Brown said.
Motel staff was assisting in the evacuation of guests, helped by fire and police, as fire alarms sounded. The automated fire sprinkler system activated and confined the fire to the one room, where initial reporters said the carpet and mattress were engulfed in flames, Brown said.
Crews made entry into the room, put out the fire, checked for any extension into other rooms and searched each floor and room for any other occupants, he said.
They ventilated the smoke and restored sprinkler and alarm systems, allowing guests to return to their rooms within two hours of the call, except for those near the affected room, who were moved elsewhere in the motel.
Damages were estimated at $3,000 to $5,000. Deputy Fire Marshal Clara Butler said the accidental cause of the fire was determined to be improper disposal of smoking materials.
Mutual-aid assistance was provided by the Bend and Black Butte Ranch fire agencies, along with Redmond police and Pacific Power.
When the fire department arrived, there was nothing visible from the outside of the three-story hotel. Crews entered the building and found the building’s automatic fire sprinkler system had activated in the first floor meeting room and extinguished a fire involving a wall mounted heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit (HVAC). Water flow was discontinued from the sprinkler head and the area was checked for fire spread to the wall and second floor. A search of the entire building found a few occupants still in the building that were removed. Crews assisted with smoke removal from the building. The incident was under control by 3:14 p.m.
The fire was contained to the area of the HVAC unit with significant smoke damage to the meeting room, and minor damage to the hallway. The cause of the fire was determined to be a faulty HVAC unit.
Portions of the hotel were able to be reoccupied.
At approximately 4:40 a.m., fire crews were dispatched to a Holiday Inn Express hotel located in the 9100 block of West Road on reports of a fire. On arrival, crews observed fire and smoke visible from a third-story unit.
Firefighters attacked the blaze and extinguished it quickly, said Captain Daniel Arizpe, a public information officer with the Cy-Fair Fire Department
No injuries were reported, Arizpe said.
The fire remained contained to the original unit, though other areas of the hotel sustained some smoke damage, Arizpe said.
Arson investigators with the Harris County fire Marshal’s Office determined an AC unit caused the fire. When the fire started, a sprinkler in the affected hotel room activated and held the blaze at bay until the fire crews arrived.
The fire will be ruled accidental, according to the HCFMO.
AFD was on scene at 2510 South Congress Avenue at around 3:45 a.m.
Officials say the fire was exterior and that the sprinkler system stopped the flames from entering the building.
AFD says the call first came in as a grass fire but was later upgraded to a structure fire.
Firefighters were able to put out the flames in around five to ten minutes, according to a spokesperson with AFD. No injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation at this time. Investigators believe this fire was likely caused by a cigarette in mulch that extended to the deck and then the building.
Weeks after opening to the public, Le Meridien Hotel in Clayton caught fire.
Nine firefighters responded to the hotel at 7730 Bonhomme Avenue Friday morning. When they arrived, people were already being evacuated from the building.
The fire started in the 5th floor housekeeping linen closet and was reportedly controlled by the building’s fire suppression system.
Fire officials said the smoke and water damage appears to be confined to the floor.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The Clark County Fire Department was dispatched around 5:25 a.m. for a fire signal activation at the casino-hotel on S. Las Vegas Boulevard, Deputy Chief Thomas Touchstone said in an email.
Firefighters arrived and learned from security officers that there was smoke on the third floor, the entirety of which is unoccupied, Touchstone said.
They searched the floor and found some light smoke in the third floor’s stairwell and hallway, he said. They located a small fire in one of the rooms, with the sprinkler system already putting most of it out.
There was some moderate damage to the room, according to Touchstone. No injuries were reported, and CCFD crews remained on scene to remove smoke from the building.
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
It is Fire Prevention Week and this incident highlights the importance of fire sprinklers! On Sunday, Oct. 4, the McKinney Fire Department (MFD) responded to a fire alarm call at the Motel 6 located at 2125 W. White Avenue. Units arrived to find two fire sprinklers contained the fire to room 215. MFD evacuated the residents from the structure and power was shut off to the entire building.
Fire Investigators say a candle was left burning on the side of the bathtub. The fire caused significant damage to the bathroom area. There was water damage to multiple rooms.
35 people were displaced. Some were moved to other hotels and some accepted help from the Red Cross.
Here are some candle safety tips from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA):
“We urge people not to use candles at all. In an emergency, have flashlights ready,” said Merit Ossian,
Public Information Officer and Education Coordinator. “Think about using flameless candles in your home. They look and smell like real candles without the fire danger!”
No one was injured in a fire at the AmericInn hotel in Hartford Thursday morning, authorities say.
Crews responded around 10 a.m. to the AmericInn at 1031 S. Diamond Circle for a structure fire, said Todd Lowe, the incident commander for the Hartford Fire Department. The Hartford Fire Department was assisted by eight other agencies, including Tea, Humboldt, Colton and Sioux Falls Fire Rescue.
While a sprinkler system helped contain the fire, everyone was evacuated from the building by the time agencies responded.
The fire was contained to the third floor, which sustained fire and smoke damage.
The state fire marshal is responding to the incident and investigating the cause of the fire. Lowe did not release where the fire started.
Authorities do not have an estimate on the total amount of damage to the hotel yet.
The fire was contained to an area with the assistance of the fire department and the building’s sprinkler system.
Damage is unknown at this time, there were several individuals outside the building after evacuation.
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