“It looks like they were just trying to have a place to sleep since it is a chilly night tonight,” Norris said. The cause of the fire is unknown and since the hotel did not have electricity, arson investigators were called. The flames have since been extinguished. Because it’s a high-rise building, SAFD said there was an “increased response.” Just more than 40 units responded to the abandoned building at around 5 a.m.
