NEW ORLEANS — A two-alarm fire in the French Quarter resulted in the evacuation of the Courtyard Marriot at 910 Iberville Street on Monday, according to a press release from the NOFD.
The press release said that firefighters responded at around 3:30 p.m. to heavy smoke exiting the electrical vault room on the first floor of the Courtyard by Marriott New Orleans hotel.
The building was evacuated as a second alarm was struck minutes later.
Firefighters discovered that the source of the fire was an electrical transformer on the first floor. They put the fire out as Entergy cut off electricity, which cut off power to most buildings in the area, which resulted in some people getting trapped in elevators in other businesses.
Entergy said that 900 customers were affected by an outage caused by the fire but all customers have since been restored.
The NOFD said that the fire was contained to the room of origin and no structural damage was suffered by the building. No injuries to civilians or firefighters were reported either.
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