A fire at a Manhattan hotel was quickly contained Thursday afternoon.
The Manhattan Fire Departmen says firefighters were dispatched shortly before 1 p.m. Thursday to the Quality Inn & Suites on East Poyntz Avenue. Crews located a mulch fire that had spread into an exterior wall of the building. The hotel was evacuated. Firefighters opened the wall up and extinguished the fire within 10 minutes.
No injuries were reported. The hotel was able to remain occupied after the fire. It is currently under a building permit for repairs to the upper floors.
Damage was estimated at $7,000. The fire was determined to be accidental, due to improperly discarded smoking materials.
