LENOX, Mass. — Multiple fire companies are battling a structure fire at the Wagon Wheel Inn on Route 7.

 

Motorists are asked to avoid Holmes Road, Pomeroy Avenue and surrounding areas near Route 7. The highway between Holmes Road and the Lenox shopping plaza has been closed since about 6:30.

 

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

 

Lenox Deputy Fire Chief William Colvin said the call was received at about 6:15 a.m. by the regional dispatch center. 

 

 "At this point, the biggest thing now we're battling besides, a fire is just ice issues, with freezing ice," Colvin said. "Our local highway department, the Lenox Highway Department have been here sanding and MassDOT is also helping with traffic and with salting of the road."

 

The departments from the city of Pittsfield, north, all the way down from Sheffield, were on the scene.

 

The state fire marshal and representatives from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency were also at the scene.