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 major Dexter McClendon.
Thursday, state fire investigators checked in and spent all day searching for clues on the ground and from the air to determine what started it.
“We just know we’re going to go through methodically like we would on any fire and come to conclusion on what happened," said Greenville police chief Justin Lovvorn.