One man is dead and five others in the hospital after a fire at a Whitehall Township hotel.
The blaze happened Sunday morning around 7 a.m. at the Blue Fox Hotel on North Coplay Road, according to the Morning Call.
The Morning Call reports that Melvin Keyser, 55, died shortly after escaping the burning hotel. Five other people were also hurt though their injuries are not life threatening.
Ten residents of the complex are currently homeless. Witnesses say some of them were forced to squeeze out of second and third story windows and jump onto a roof. They also say one woman was seen exiting a fire escape only in her underwear.
Investigators and fire officials are still investigating the cause of the fire though they say it began somewhere near the ceiling of the first floor and the floor of the second floor, according to the Morning Call.
The fire is not considered suspicious.
