Firefighters worked to clear a fire at a North Philadelphia hotel, that started at about 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
According to law enforcement officials, firefighters were "opening walls and ceilings" before 11 a.m., as crews worked to extinguish a fire at the Hotel Carlyle, located along Poplar near 15th Street on the edge of the Francisville neighborhood.
Officials said the fire burned through the building's second and third floors.
According to officials, it took about 75 members of the city's fire department -- including firefighters, medics, chiefs and support personnel -- over an hour to get the fire under control.
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Several people, officials said, have been displaced.
No cause was given for what started the fire and, officials said that the incident is under investigation.
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