The hotel has been abandoned for years, according to authorities. There was no power to the building and firefighters are certain someone broke in and started a fire.

The hotel has been abandoned for years, according to authorities. There was no power to the building and firefighters are certain someone broke in and started a fire.

The Gastonia Fire Department does not believe anyone was injured after a two-alarm fire destroyed a vacant motel.

GASTONIA, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — An abandoned motel went up in flames in Gastonia Monday night. Authorities on the scene say the blaze started as a call for a dumpster fire in the 500 block of ...