From NOLA.com:
"Two firefighters were injured fighting a blaze that started at a hotel in downtown New Orleans on Tuesday evening, according to fire officials.
Authorities were called to a four-alarm fire around 7:50 p.m. at 129 Chartres Street, the address for Quarter House Hotel, according to NOFD's union president Aaron Mischler, when two firefighters inhaled smoke.
They were inside the hotel attempting to put out the fire, Mischler said, when one firefighter was overcome by smoke and the other got lost in the hotel building.
Mischler said authorities had to rescue the second firefighter by ladder through a fifth floor window.
As of 9:15 p.m., NOFD was still working the scene, but Mischler said the fire was contained with help from two mounted devices on large ladders that sprayed water down the building.
Photos on social media and from a reporter showed a cloud of smoke swirling above buildings near the intersection around 8:10 p.m.
It is not immediately clear what caused the fire at the downtown hotel, which has not been open to guests since the coronavirus pandemic caused shutdowns for many businesses.
According to the hotel's website, the building that houses the Quarter House pre-dates the Civil War and was designed by famed New Orleans architect James Gallier in 1831.
Most of the structures on the grounds were built prior to 1840.
Stay with NOLA.com for more updates."
From WVUE Fox 8 https://www.fox8live.com/2020/06/18/nofd-fights-fire-downtown-new-orleans-chartres-street/
"Two firefighters were injured fighting a blaze that started at a hotel in downtown New Orleans on Tuesday evening, according to fire officials.
Authorities were called to a four-alarm fire around 7:50 p.m. at 129 Chartres Street, the address for Quarter House Hotel, according to NOFD's union president Aaron Mischler, when two firefighters inhaled smoke.
They were inside the hotel attempting to put out the fire, Mischler said, when one firefighter was overcome by smoke and the other got lost in the hotel building.
Mischler said authorities had to rescue the second firefighter by ladder through a fifth floor window.
As of 9:15 p.m., NOFD was still working the scene, but Mischler said the fire was contained with help from two mounted devices on large ladders that sprayed water down the building.
Photos on social media and from a reporter showed a cloud of smoke swirling above buildings near the intersection around 8:10 p.m.
It is not immediately clear what caused the fire at the downtown hotel, which has not been open to guests since the coronavirus pandemic caused shutdowns for many businesses.
According to the hotel's website, the building that houses the Quarter House pre-dates the Civil War and was designed by famed New Orleans architect James Gallier in 1831.
Most of the structures on the grounds were built prior to 1840.
Stay with NOLA.com for more updates."
From WVUE Fox 8 https://www.fox8live.com/2020/06/18/nofd-fights-fire-downtown-new-orleans-chartres-street/
