Detroit Hotel Fire Kills Three
The lighting of a cigarette reportedly has been found to have caused a deadly fire in a Detroit hotel that killed three people and left many homeless New Year’s Eve.
A residential hotel in Midtown Detroit was ripped by the fire when a drunken man used a piece of paper to light a cigarette, according to Detroit Fire Department officials.
The five-story Huntington Hotel on the 100 block of West Alexandrine was ablaze when bed sheets caught fire and then spread down the hall when the man left his door open to yell for help, according to fire investigators.
Two residents died including a 67-year-old wheelchair bound woman was found the next day in the rubble, according to fire officials. Thee others were injured, including two firefighters. The American Red Cross provided emergency shelter for some.
