“…The blaze was confined to the maid’s closet and elevator area and did not spread to other floors of the 
hotel…the venting system for the building was used to clear smoke from the building…”
Fire in a fourth floor maid’s closet at Holiday Inn Express hotel near Mannheim and Higgins roads caused an evacuation and fire department response Wednesday. Rosemont Public Safety spokesman Lt. Keith Kania said a hotel sprinkler system activated but additional firefighters were needed to knock the fire down.
Firefighters were dispatched at 11:10 a.m. Kania said the fire was knocked down by about 11:30 a.m. No injuries were reported. Kania did not have an estimate of the amount of damage caused by the blaze.
Witnesses at the scene reported seeing smoke billow from both the front and rear of the hotel.
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