The scene of a fire at the closed Clarion hotel on South Reynolds Road.
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Streets near the hotel on South Reynolds Road were temporarily closed as firefighters worked to put out the fire that started about 11:40 a.m. in a fourth-floor utility room and spread to the three floors above.
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Squad 15 firefighter Tony Segura, left, and Manny Jaimez joke with another firefighter after extinguishing the blaze safely.
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By 12:10 p.m. the fire had been mostly extinguished, but sections of the building continued to smolder for another couple hours.
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Captain Luke Harmon examines damage on the exterior of the building.
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