Fire heavily damaged a hotel near 41st and Memorial

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TULSA, Okla. — A occurrence near important harm astatine the Tulsa Extended Stay Inn & Suites adjacent 41st and Memorial Thursday.

One pistillate who was staying astatine the edifice says she is disquieted she’ll person to find different spot to enactment on with her dog.

Debra Blanck has been surviving temporarily successful a country connected the 2nd level of the Tulsa Extended Stay.

She says she had rather a scare astir midday erstwhile 2 rooms supra her caught fire.

“It freaked maine out. Somebody was banging connected my door. I didn’t cognize who it was. I jumped up, ran and grabbed the doorway unfastened and looked retired and helium said the motel's connected fire. I was similar what?” Blanck said.

She says she was successful daze and frightened but was capable to get retired quickly.

“I grabbed my canine and my purse and ran out.”

Firefighters accidental a 911 telephone came successful soon aft 11 a.m. astir 2 rooms connected the apical level that were afloat engulfed successful flames.

Andy Little with the Tulsa Fire Department says the occurrence rapidly dispersed to the attic.

“Crews entered extinguished that occurrence and past started moving connected the attic trying to get each those flames knocked down," Little said. "It’s a beauteous ample operation truthful erstwhile it gets successful that attic it could dispersed beauteous quickly.”

Fire crews past got connected the extortion to ventilate the gathering and get the fume out.

“They are up determination moving hard to marque definite they unfastened up that extortion truthful they tin get a amended presumption wrong there," helium said. "They volition beryllium utilizing thermal imaging cameras to scan that attic to marque definite determination aren’t immoderate blistery spots and conscionable bash our champion to support everybody harmless and incorporate that damage.”

Blanck says she isn’t definite wherever she’ll enactment present but she does cognize 1 happening for sure.

“I don’t privation to spell done this again,” Blanck said.

The Tulsa Fire Department says nary 1 was injured successful the fire.

They inactive don’t cognize what started it but accidental they volition beryllium talking to edifice guests to spot if they noticed thing earlier the occurrence started.

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