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Firefighters battle blaze at abandoned northwest-side hotel

Officials are not sure what may have started the fire.

SAN ANTONIO — Firefighters are battling a blaze  at an old Embassy Suites on the northwest side of San Antonio.

The San Antonio Fire Department responded around 4 a.m. Tuesday to the 7700 block of Briaridge Drive, near Interstate 10 and Callaghan Road, for reports of a fire at an abandoned hotel.

Details about the fire are very limited at this time.

We do know that several floors of the abandoned building have been damaged, but we don't know the extent of it yet.

This is a developing story.

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