11 rescued from balcony after fire breaks out at Boise hotel early Thursday morning
Idaho firefighters rescued nearly a dozen people trapped on a Boise hotel balcony during an early morning fire on Thursday.
At 4:02 a.m., Boise Fire Department crews were called to a two-alarm fire at Cottonwood Suites on the 3000 block of West Main Street, according to tweets from the fire department.
While fighting the fire, crews rescued 11 people from a third-floor balcony. Nine of those rescued were evaluated by medics at the scene of the fire, but no one was taken to the hospital.
One firefighter suffered a minor injury during the fire, though the Boise Fire Department did not state what the injury was in a tweet.
The fire department said later that the fire began in a locked laundry room. Investigators were unsure of further details, but BFD said in a tweet that it might have been an electrical issue.
It was not immediately clear to what extent of the hotel was damaged.
This story was originally published November 19, 2020 at 8:00 AM.
