PANAMA CITY — Firefighters quickly controlled an early-morning fire in a room at a local hotel, the Panama City Fire Department reported.
Fire crews responded to a report of a fire at The Relax Inn, 900 Harrison Avenue, at 5:51 a.m. on Thursday and had it under control at 6:07 a.m., according to a PCFD report. The fire was confined to Room 204 and the occupant escaped, PCFD said. The occupant was assessed by fire personnel and EMS, but refused medical treatment, according to the report.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation, PCFD reported. Anyone with information on the fire is asked to call PCFD Investigator Lt. Robert Goree at (850) 872-3167.