It was a strange thing to see for Chuck Riley.
“What in the world has happened," Riley said.
A traveling salesman from Florida, Riley attended a movie nearby and when he stepped out he saw it a half-mile away.
“Incredible amount of fire coming through the upper stories of the hotel at least 20 feet high," he said.
Greenville firefighters, along with volunteer departments from Searcy and Liberty, responded to the fire at Baymont Inn & Suites. It took 30 firefighters to beat it back. The hotel had been closed for two days reportedly for maintenance issues. There were no injuries in the blaze.
“It looked like something on a movie. I mean it was over," said Greenville mayor Dexter McClendon.