SAN ANTONIO – Arson investigators were called to an abandoned Embassy Suites on the Northwest Side after a fire broke out on the first floor.
Flames were spotted just before 4 a.m. Tuesday at the building in the 7700 block of Briaridge Drive, near Interstate 10 and Callaghan Road.
Deputy Chief Bryan Norris said the flames did not spread to other floors but there was smoke throughout the high-rise building.
As SAFD responded, two people came out of the hotel. They were not injured, and at this time no one has been arrested.
“It looks like they were just trying to have a place to sleep since it is a chilly night tonight,” Norris said.
The cause of the fire is unknown and since the hotel did not have electricity, arson investigators were called.
The flames have since been extinguished. Because it’s a high-rise building, SAFD said there was an “increased response.”
Just more than 40 units responded to the abandoned building at around 5 a.m.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.