Topeka hotel fire damage results released

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The City of Topeka is releasing the details of a recent hotel fire which prompted an evacuation Thursday night.

Rosie Nichols with the City of Topeka said in a press release that firefighters were called around 10 p.m. to the Quality Inn at 1240 SW Wanamaker Road. The Topeka Fire Department found smoke coming from the north side of the hotel and identified the cause of the fire as an A/C unit.

Firefighters extinguished the flames and evacuated all three floors of the hotel with no injuries reported. The fire was likely caused by an electrical issue from the A/C unit. Total estimated losses put the damage at $8,000 with $5,000 attributed to structural damage and the rest to content loss.

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