BOSTON (WHDH) - People were forced to evacuate a hotel in Dorchester after one room caught on fire on Sunday afternoon.

Crews responding to a reported fire at the Ramada hotel around 2:50 p.m. were able to contain the flames to one room; however, other parts of the building sustained water and smoke damage, according to the Boston Fire Department.

The hotel had been evacuated and there were no reported injuries.

A building inspector arrived at the scene to determine how many guests would be displaced from the blaze.

The cause remains under investigation.

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