Photos by Rhett Fleitz unless otherwise noted. Scroll down for the photos.

There is a news video at the very bottom.

Roanoke Firefighters battled a fire at the Days Inn near the Roanoke Civic Center today. They are still on scene hitting the hot spots. The hotel was apparently undergoing renovations. There were no guests in the hotel at the time of the fire.

The fire closed down route 460 in both directions right at Williamson Road for hours. The fire even made it on CNN today.

Units on scene: (I am sure I missed a couple)

Engine 1,2,3,5,6,11,13,14

Ladder 1,2,5

Medic 2, 6, 101, and RS-1

Battalion Chief 1 and 2, Chief 1, Chief 2, Chief 3

Others: Roanoke City PIO, Fire Marshal 1 & 2, REMS Squad 1, Roanoke County Air 9, and Investigation 1

For many of the firefighters on scene, this was the second fire of the day. Units were dispatched to a house fire just after shift break this morning in NW Roanoke.

More Coverage:

• Captain Wines was able to post updates from me on IronFiremen.com here
• Fire at Days Inn, by Roanoke Civic Center
• UPDATED: Crews work fire at Days Inn in Roanoke
• Crews work fire at Days Inn on Orange Avenue
• RoanokeFirefighters.com should have some photos up later as well.

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