Nine people were injured after a fire broke out in Hotel on Sunday evening in Baldwin Park, triggering a massive response from the emergency personnel.

According to the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the blaze was reported at around 8:45 p.m. at the Regency Inn and Suites in the 14600 block of the Dalewood Street.

Officials said that, the firefighters arrived to find smoke emanating from the fourth floor of the hotel after that flames erupted into a single unit on the third floor.

The nine patients suffered from minor smoke inhalation and were transported to hospitals for treatment. The spokesperson for fire department announced on Twitter that within 30 minutes the fire had been contained to the one room where it began.

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Lucy Moreno was on the fourth floor at the time of the fire incident. She said that there was so much smoke because of which she could not see as she made her way down a hallway.

She recalled, "I don't know how I did it, to be honest, because I just saw pure black. I was just struggling. It was as if I was blind. ... I could not even see the stairs. When I opened the door, all the smoke just came in. It was a really bad experience."

The incident prompted a SigAlert on the nearby eastbound 10 Freeway, whose Puente Avenue offramp was closed while the multiple police vehicles, fire engines and ambulances remained at the scene.

The cause of the fire incident was not immediately known.

By Mrudula Duddempudi.