Fire at the Hampton Inn, Worker Arrested

A laborer at Hampton Inn in Sulphur Springs was arrested Friday for setting a fire in a maintenance room at the hotel earlier that day. There was very little damage to the hotel according to Sulphur Springs’ firefighters. A 45-year old Sulphur Springs man confessed to starting the fire lighting powder from firecrackers and a rag with a flammable substance on it. The fire was reported at 2:44 p.m. Friday