10 firefighters hospitalized after battling four-alarm fire at New Orleans hotel

  • Source: WWL-TV New Orleans Channel 4
  • Published: 05/13/2019 05:40 AM

VIDEO: Ten firefighters were treated for breathing in smoke as the New Orleans Fire Department contained a four-alarm fire at a hotel in the Central Business District Sunday. Firefighters were still outside the Le Meridien Hotel in the 300 block of Poydras Street Monday morning. Hours after the fire had been controlled, smoke started coming from a manhole cover on the street around 7 a.m. Monday. Entergy New Orleans was called to the scene to investigate. Sunday, hotel workers and firefighters evacuated hundreds of guests from the 410 room hotel around 4 p.m. after smoke was spotted coming from the top of the building. Firefighters arrived at the hotel to find most of the hallways and stairwells filled with smoke. An Entergy spokesperson said power to the building was cut at the fire department's request.



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