BIRD IN HAND, Pa. — Update, Feb. 24, 6:05 a.m.: After reviewing the situation with local officials, AmishView Inn and Suites is once again open.
They are working to repair the area impacted by the fire, but in the meantime, all hotel services are open.
"We look forward to seeing our amazing guests," the Inn said in a Facebook post.
Update, 5 p.m.: An investigation into the fire has confirmed that it was started in the area of a first-floor vending machine
Previously: Three people, including a firefighter, were injured after an early morning fire at a hotel in Lancaster County.
The blaze broke out at AmishView Inn and Suites in the 3100 block of Philadelphia Pike in Leacock Township, at 2:40 a.m. on Feb. 23.
Steve Diener, chief of the Intercourse Fire Company, said two people were transported to a local hospital and one firefighter suffered a minor injury. More than 10 guests were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.
The chief said guests tied sheets together into ropes to climb out of windows and crawled along the floor in near-zero visibility in order to escape the blaze.
Firefighters checked the building to ensure everyone made it out safely. Ten departments and 100 firefighters responded to the alarm. It was initially dispatched as an automatic alarm and was upgraded within 30 seconds.
The fire allegedly started in a vending/ice machine on the first floor and left smoke damage on the walls of the inn, extending all the way up to the third floor.
"It was a huge fire," Beth Ruppert, a guest from Staten Island, said. "The hallway was covered with smoke... Thank God we're safe."
Diener said he does not yet have an estimate on how long the AmishView Inn and Suites will be closed for cleanup.
According to Bird-in-Hand Family Inn, the displaced hotel guests will be lodged there while the incident is resolved. They will be escorted back to the AmishView to gather their belongings once an investigation is completed.
Fire crews cleared the scene around 8 a.m.
The Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshall will conduct an investigation into the cause and manner of the fire.