Fire ravages Days Inn
No injuries in early morning blaze; hotel was closed

Gallup Firefighter Craig Carver aims a hose from a ladder at the roof of the Days Inn in west Gallup to help fight a fire that destroyed the hotel early Sunday morning. — © 2010 Gallup Independent / Cable Hoover

Copyright © 2010
Gallup Independent
By Bernie Dotson and Phil Stake
Staff writers

GALLUP — Fire ravaged a west side hotel early Sunday morning, destroying about 75 percent of the structure, officials said.

A fire investigator from the state Fire Marshal’s Office in Santa Fe was en route to Gallup by midday to determine the cause of the blaze, Gallup Fire Department Chief Robert Soto said.

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