About 10 rooms on the hotel s two floors were damaged.
“My hope is that they can occupy spaces not affected by the fire,” he said.
The state fire marshall’s office and Barnstable Police are assisting in investigating the fire.
The Newport Hotel Group has owned the hotel since 1999. Scott Alemany, the hotel s corporate director of operations, could not be reached for comment Monday.
Plagued by fires
The hotel has been plagued by fires in the past. In November 2016, a portion of the hotel was damaged in a three-alarm fire that started in the wall between the second and third floors on the Bay Street side of the building and made its way to the attic.
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