Fire in Tucson DoubleTree room forces evacuations

A fire in a sixth-floor room at the DoubleTree Hotel near Reid Park on Thursday was put out by an automatic sprinkler system, officials said.

Tucson Fire Department firefighters were dispatched shortly after 4 p.m. to the hotel at 445 S. Alvernon Way and found a fire in a room on the upper-level floor, said Capt. Barrett Baker, a department spokesman.

When firefighters made entry into the room, they confirmed the blaze was out, Baker said. Crews turned the sprinkler system off and put large fans in the room to push the smoke out, he said.

No injuries were reported. Baker said he did not know if anyone was in the room at the time the fire broke out.

For precautionary measures, about 200 people were evacuated from the hotel.

The cause of the fire and a damage estimate were not known.

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Fire in Tucson DoubleTree room forces evacuations