LENOX, Mass. — Multiple fire companies are battling a structure fire at the Wagon Wheel Inn on the Pittsfield/Lenox Road.

 

Motorists are asked to avoid Holmes Road, Pomeroy Avenue and surrounding areas near Route 7. 

 

Pittsfield Police say traffic is being rerouted off Route 7 and into neighborhood streets. 

 

The blaze was reported at about 6:30 a.m. when a Lenox resident on a BRTA saw the fire coming up through the middle of the building; a CVS employee in the plaza across the street saw flames and also called it in. 

 

The front of the one-story motel was fully engulfed with a "yellow glow," one said. 

 

Images from the Pittsfield Fire Department show the building in flames that spread through the north side of the structure. Smoke could be seen billowing over Route 7. 

 

An occupant of the motel said they thought it started in the laundry room and said no fire alarm went off until after everyone was out.