Boston Hotel Evacuated as Smoke Fills Building
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BOSTON — More than 250 guests and residents of the Copley Square Hotel were evacuated Saturday when smoke from a fire in a first-floor cafe filled the building, officials said. No injuries were reported among the 257 occupants who fled the fire, which officials said was probably caused by careless disposal of cigarettes.
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