Small Fire Forces Evacuations At Doubletree Hotel

Firefighters from North Strabane Township were called out around eleven-thirty Wednesday morning to reports of a fire on the roof of the Doubletree Hotel on Racetrack Road. North Strabane Assistant Fire Chief Rich Yosi tells WJPA News that the fire started when an electrical unit on the building’s HVAC unit caught fire. Yosi says the fire burned a small, four-foot section of the roof and sent some smoke into the lobby. He says the building was briefly evacuated but firefighters had everything under control quickly and were only on the scene for about an hour and a half. There were no reports of any injuries.