SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Authorities are investigating whether a man injured in a Sioux Falls hotel fire started the blaze.
Firefighters responded to the Nites Inn about 3:45 a.m. Thursday and had the fire under control in about 20 minutes. Everyone inside the hotel got out.
Police say a man who suffered cuts and burns made comments to an officer that he might have started the fire. Authorities say the man might have been using drugs.
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The 47-year-old man was transported to a Minneapolis burn center and not immediately arrested.
Fire damage was contained to one room and a part of the hotel’s roof, but several other rooms suffered smoke damage.
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