UPDATE:
Police have charged Wayne Taylor with one count of Arson and 22 counts of Reckless Endangerment as a result of a fire that caused around $750,000 damage to the Rodeway Inn on George Street in York.
Two people were hurt and more than 50 were displaced as a result of the fire.
The scene was so chaotic that parents were getting ready to drop their children from the third floor until firefighters stopped them.
York City firefighters say it started around 9:40am. Police say Taylor used a cigarette lighter to set a bed on fire on the third floor of the hotel. The fire spread to another room and to the ceiling.
Two people were hurt but it is unclear the extent of their injuries. All displaced tenants were taken to the local Elks Lodge.
Officials are still investigating the cause of a two alarm fire that broke out at the Rodeway in on N. George Street in York City Saturday morning.
York City Fire Department Deputy Chief Gregory Halpin says crews were dispatched to a structure fire at 9:41 a.m. Within two minutes the first crew arrived and found a well involved fire on the third floor. Residents on the floor were ready to drop their kids over a railing to safety, but firefighters were able to get the kids to safety another way, said Halpin.
The fire fully involved one room on the third floor with extension into another room.
The Deputy Chief says two tenants were taken to the hospital, at this time their condition is unknown. No firefighters were injured.
Scanner reports indicated that about 40 patients were evaluated by EMS crews on the scene.
Check back here for more information as this story develops.
Police have charged Wayne Taylor with one count of Arson and 22 counts of Reckless Endangerment as a result of a fire that caused around $750,000 damage to the Rodeway Inn on George Street in York.
Two people were hurt and more than 50 were displaced as a result of the fire.
The scene was so chaotic that parents were getting ready to drop their children from the third floor until firefighters stopped them.
York City firefighters say it started around 9:40am. Police say Taylor used a cigarette lighter to set a bed on fire on the third floor of the hotel. The fire spread to another room and to the ceiling.
Two people were hurt but it is unclear the extent of their injuries. All displaced tenants were taken to the local Elks Lodge.
Officials are still investigating the cause of a two alarm fire that broke out at the Rodeway in on N. George Street in York City Saturday morning.
York City Fire Department Deputy Chief Gregory Halpin says crews were dispatched to a structure fire at 9:41 a.m. Within two minutes the first crew arrived and found a well involved fire on the third floor. Residents on the floor were ready to drop their kids over a railing to safety, but firefighters were able to get the kids to safety another way, said Halpin.
The fire fully involved one room on the third floor with extension into another room.
The Deputy Chief says two tenants were taken to the hospital, at this time their condition is unknown. No firefighters were injured.
Scanner reports indicated that about 40 patients were evaluated by EMS crews on the scene.
Check back here for more information as this story develops.