Cooking fire temporarily evacuates guests of Myrtle Beach hotel

A small fire sparked by french fries cooking on a stove in a first-floor hotel room at the Suburban Extended Stay Hotel in Myrtle Beach led to smoke inhalation and an evacuation Monday afternoon.

The Myrtle Beach Fire Department was dispatched to the hotel at 730 Frontage Road E. at 1:18 p.m. for a fire alarm.

“The first unit on scene found smoke in room 145 and then they requested structure (fire) response,” said Battalion Chief Ian Maxwell with the Myrtle Beach Fire Department.

A sprinkler system in the hotel extinguished the fire, he said.

Several units were on scene Monday afternoon dealing with the water mitigation issues that remained after the emergency that evacuated residents and left one guest with minor smoke inhalation.

The guest was treated on scene. No other injuries were reported.

Streams of water flowed through the parking lot as residents waited outside.

“We do have a lot of water damage to the first floor. We are relocating some occupants,” Maxwell said.

Residents were allowed to return inside around 2 p.m.

This story was originally published February 29, 2016 at 3:14 PM with the headline "Cooking fire temporarily evacuates guests of Myrtle Beach hotel."