A fire official says an alarm system at a Jeffersontown hotel did not sound an audible alert when a fire broke out early Tuesday morning.
Jeffersontown Fire Chief Sean F. Dreisbach says the fire at the Ramada Plaza off Plantside Drive, was reported by an employee of the nearby Bachman Chevrolet dealership sometime after 5 a.m.
When firefighters arrived, they encountered flames from an unoccupied room on the second floor.
A total of 13 rooms were occupied, Dreisbach said. Several people were evacuated from their rooms.
Dreisbach says the flames spread to the third floor, and there's smoke and water damage on the second, third and fourth floors.
Dreisbach says the alarm system appears to have malfunctioned, and did not sound an audible alarm, which he called very concerning.
found the source of the fire coming from vacant room on the second floor of one of the hotel's towers.
The flames quickly spread to the 3rd floor and smoke filled parts of the building.