Explosions Heard at Florida Hotel Fire

Aug. 31, 2009
A two-alarm fire at the Deluxe Inn shut down part of South Orange Blossom Trail for more than an hour Sunday morning.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. --

A two alarm fire at the Deluxe Inn shut down part of South Orange Blossom Trail for more than an hour Sunday morning.

Flames tore through the hotel causing a large portion of the roof to collapse.

Firefighters say a person walking by saw the fire and heard explosions at about 10 a.m. Firefighters arrived in just three minutes, but the fire was so big it took almost an hour and more than 50 firefighters to put it out.

No one was injured in the fire. The state Fire Marshall is investigating.

Orange County Hotel Fire Shuts Down OBT

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