ATLANTA — Ten people, including a firefighter, were treated at hospitals after fire broke out a hotel near the east edge of Atlanta, authorities said.
Fire crews were called to the Days Inn on Fulton Industrial Boulevard shortly before 7:30 p.m. Saturday. About 50 people escaped the blaze, officials said. One occupant of the hotel threw a television set through a window to escape, WSB-TV reported.
Conditions of the nine people taken to hospitals were not available early Sunday. Fire officials say the firefighter is expected to be fine.
It wasn’t immediately clear how the fire started.
Hotel guest Ray McIntire tells the Atlanta station he heard an explosion before he saw the smoke.