POSTED: 7:38 AM EST January 25, 2004
UPDATED: 8:01 AM EST January 25, 2004
GREENVILLE -- Firefighters and emergency workers are at the scene of a hotel fire in Greenville that has killed six people.
Authorities said the fire broke out around 4 a.m. on the third floor of the Comfort Inn on Congaree Road near Roper Mountain Road.
Witnesses told WYFF News 4 that people were trying to get down from upper floors using bedsheets. Others simply jumped out of the windows of the five-story building.
The Greenville County coroner said six people died in the fire. 12 others were transported to area hospitals. Their conditions are unknown at this time, but most of the injured were transported to the Augusta Burn Center.
Fire officials have not said how the fire began.
Stay tuned to WYFF News 4 and TheCarolinaChannel.com for the latest information.