VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) - Fire officials say a residential hotel in Northern California has gone up in flames, leaving 30 to 40 residents displaced.
KTVU-TV reports (https://bit.ly/2mwcBye) that the fire broke out at the Travel Inn in Vallejo on Sunday.
Vallejo fire spokesman Danny Gutierrez says residents were able to escape the burning building, but a cat died in the fire.
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Three people were treated for smoke inhalation.
Investigators suspect the fire started in one of the hotel rooms. Gutierrez says the flames reached a balcony on an upper level where a fuel can was being stored, causing the fire to spread rapidly.
The Red Cross is assisting those who have been displaced.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Information from: KTVU-TV.
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