Crime & Safety
60+ Guests Evacuated After Buckhead Hotel Blaze
Two hotel guests were evaluated for difficulty breathing after a nearby Buckhead parking deck caught fire Monday.
BUCKHEAD, GA — At least 60 guests at a Pharr Road hotel were evacuated Monday morning after a nearby parking deck caught fire, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Atlanta Fire Rescue responded around 4:30 a.m. to Homewood Suites by Hilton after receiving a report of a small fire inside of the parking deck.
Fire officials said the fire, located on the parking deck's second floor, was upgraded to a two-alarm fire. Firefighters used a ground ladder to extinguish two vehicles that had caught fire in the deck, fire officials said.
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Two guests were evaluated for difficulty breathing.
No one was injured as a result of the large blaze, the AJC reported.
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It is unknown what caused the fire.
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