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Fire damages hotel in Norcross

When crews arrived, those inside were already in the process of evacuating.
Credit: Gwinnett Fire

NORCROSS, Ga. — A hotel in Norcross caught fire Monday night on Brookhollow Parkway.

Gwinnett firefighters went to the Knights Inn Hotel to put out the flames at the single-story building.

When crews arrived, those inside were already in the process of evacuating.

Two units were heavily damaged and a third received moderate damage. Most of the damage was contained to the end units, officials said.

The cause of the fire us unknown at the time, but investigators believe it was accidental and was sparked by an electrical malfunction with the HVAC system in an unoccupied unit of the hotel. 

The investigation is still ongoing.

Credit: Gwinnett Fire

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