(Atlantic) Atlantic firefighters responded to a fire at the American Best Value Inn and Suites at around 3:49 p.m. on Sunday on East 7th Street in Atlantic.
Atlantic Fire Chief Tom Cappell says the call for smoke coming out from underneath the door in an upstairs suite on the west wing of the structure. They found extreme heat coming from the room and low visibility in the room. “We geared up, got a hose line to the second floor, entered the room, and couldn’t see anything but confirmed no one inside the room. We extinguished the fire in the back room. The crew is checking the walls, adjacent rooms, and first floor for fire.”
Firefighters did pull two burning mattresses from the room.
Chief Cappel says there is smoke in the hallway of the building’s second and first floors. “We know where it started; we don’t know what started it. We will get it figured out and bring the State Fire Marshall to investigate.”
Chief Cappel’s interview is posted below:
