Owner, Employee Negligent In Hotel Fire, Lawsuit Claims
A lawsuit has been filed in Alabama against a Days Inn motel owner and an employee for the death of two girls in a Jan. 16 fire at the hotel. According to the lawsuit, maintenance worker Dhirajlal Bhagat left incense burning in one of the rooms, causing the fire. The lawsuit also claims that the motel owner failed to maintain working fire extinguishers, failed to notify the authorities and failed to alert guests. The lawsuit is seeking unspecified damages.

