Two people were treated for smoke inhalation, and several more people were rescued, when a fire broke out Thursday in a room on the ninth floor at the Holiday Inn hotel in Somerville, officials said.

Two people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at a Holiday Inn hotel in Somerville, Massachusetts, the city's fire department said.

Two people were sent to the hospital after a fire broke out at a hotel on Thursday afternoon. Companies responding to the Holiday Inn on Washington Street around 1:20 p.m. saw heavy black smoke coming from the 9th floor,