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Guests evacuated at extended stay hotel in Pittsburgh’s Strip District

Guests at Homewood Suites were forced outside for a little less than an hour on Thursday morning

Guests evacuated at extended stay hotel in Pittsburgh’s Strip District

Guests at Homewood Suites were forced outside for a little less than an hour on Thursday morning

PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4 REPORTER ASHLEY ZILKA IS LIVE IN THE STRIP DISTRICT WITH WHAT HAPPENED HERE. ASHLEY? ASHLEY: GOOD MORNING. LITTLE DETAILS AT THIS TIME, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, I WOULD SAY COME IN THE PAST MINUTE OR TWO, GUESTS ARE NOW ALLOWED BACK INSIDE. THEY WERE GIVEN BLANKETS ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO, BUT NOW EVERYONE IS HEADED INJURED THE FIRE HAS BEEN PUT OUT. THE FIRE ALARMS WENT OFF AROUND 4:14 THIS MORNING, AND THE USE OF FIRE STAIRS TO GET OUT. AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL, MOST OF THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE BACK OUTSIDE, AND THE FIRE, OF COURSE, HAS BEEN PUT OUT, AS THE HOTEL GUESTS ARE GOING BACK INSIDE. HOMEWOOD SUITES IS HERE ON MULDOON STREET, AND TRAFFIC HAS BEEN OPEN FOR THE LAST HOUR, SO THERE WERE NO IMPACTS WHEN THE FIRE WAS HERE. RIGHT NOW, NO WORD ON ANY INJURIES OR WHAT STARTED THE FIRE. THE HOTEL GUESTS I SPOKE WITH SAID THEY DID NOT SEE OR SMELL ANYTHING, BUT I CAN SEE FROM THIS VIEW THAT SOME OF THE FIRE ALARMS ARE STILL BLINKING IN ONE PART OF THE BUILDING. I’M SURE THOSE WILL GO OFF VERY SHORTLY. WE ARE WAITING TO LEARN MORE INFORMATION. WE WILL BRING YOU THE LATEST ON AIR AND ONLINE AT WTAE.COM
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Guests evacuated at extended stay hotel in Pittsburgh’s Strip District

Guests at Homewood Suites were forced outside for a little less than an hour on Thursday morning

Guests at the Homewood Suites on Smallman Street in Pittsburgh’s Strip District were forced outside for a little less than an hour on Thursday morning.That followed a report of smoke that brought firefighters to the building around 4:15 a.m.There was no word on the origin of the smoke and none was visible from the outside of the building.No injuries were reported.Guests were allowed back in shortly after 5 a.m.

Guests at the Homewood Suites on Smallman Street in Pittsburgh’s Strip District were forced outside for a little less than an hour on Thursday morning.

That followed a report of smoke that brought firefighters to the building around 4:15 a.m.

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There was no word on the origin of the smoke and none was visible from the outside of the building.

No injuries were reported.

Guests were allowed back in shortly after 5 a.m.