Thomas Rehder considers himself lucky to still be living in the room he has occupied for four years at the Wilder Motel in Wilder, Vt. after a fire that started in a mattress damaged the room next door late Tuesday night. "Somebody drove by and saw fire coming out of the windows," said Rehder Wednesday, July 20, 2016. "Had they not seen that, I think this whole building would be gone." (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Thomas Rehder considers himself lucky to still be living in the room he has occupied for four years at the Wilder Motel in Wilder, Vt. after a fire that started in a mattress damaged the room next door late Tuesday night. "Somebody drove by and saw fire coming out of the windows," said Rehder Wednesday, July 20, 2016. "Had they not seen that, I think this whole building would be gone." (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Wilder — A motel fire was quickly extinguished Tuesday night and the damage was contained to a single room, according to a news release from the Hartford Fire Department.

Damage from a mattress fire appears to have been contained to Room 8 at the Wilder Motel, according to the release. The room was unoccupied at the time of the fire and nobody was injured. Firefighters responded shortly after 11 p.m. and the fire was under control in less than a half-hour.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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Published online Wednesday at 11:20 a.m.