PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- A fire in a Philadelphia hotel room killed one man and sent several hundred guests into the street, authorities said.
The fire, reported at 10:18 a.m. Saturday at the Omni Hotel just off Independence Mall, was under control in less than 20 minutes, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
One man was found dead in the eighth-floor room where the blaze started. His identity has not been announced pending notification of family, authorities said.
The fire was reportedly confined to a corner of the room and triggered a smoke alarm but was too small to set off the sprinkler system, hotel General Manager A.J. Williams said.
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