Fire Destroys 50-60 Rooms at Longview, Texas, Ramada Inn
More than 50 rooms at a Longview, Texas, hotel were destroyed April 13 in a fire that officials said was made more difficult by low water pressure.
Fire officials believe the blaze that heavily damaged the Ramada Inn off Spur 63 in this East Texas city may have begun in the attic. The exact cause has not been determined.
Authorities say no one was injured in the fire. About 20 to 30 people were displaced by the fire, Tyler television station KLTV reported.
Fire Marshal Jimmy Purcell told the Longview News-Journal that the high number of trucks using two water hydrants caused the limited water pressure and made it difficult to keep the fire from spreading. Firefighters had the blaze contained within a couple of hours.
Hotel manager Carole Kyle said they had to move 14 Union Pacific Railroad workers from Little Rock, Ark., to other hotels.
Railroad worker M.W. Redus of Little Rock, Ark., said he was asleep when fire alarms sounded and hotel management knocked on the door to tell everyone to leave. He told the newspaper they grabbed everything and left as quickly as they could.
Longview is about 120 miles east of Dallas.
- Trump Wins Permission to Revise BBC Suit to Remove Brand Damage
- Tornado Alley’s on the Move and Creating New Risk Concerns, Modeler Says
- Hackers Claim Mass Data Theft From Shell, Philips, GE, Fiserv And Dozens of Others
- A Defensible Framework for Post-Wildfire Smoke Damage Claims
- Ex-Red Lobster Owner Says in Lawsuit Defense That Endless Shrimp Not Its Idea
- Bodily Injury Is Now A Big Share of Auto Claims Payouts. Is AI to Blame for That Too?
- Humans, Not AI, Still A Cause of Most Cyber Losses in First Half of Year
- What Home Age Actually Tells Us About Claims — And What It Doesn’t