Second-alarm fire damages Greensboro Motel 6, one firefighter hurt
Flames punched through the roof of a South Regional Road Motel 6, forcing a second alarm and sending extra crews and drones to the scene.
Flames pushing through the roof of a Motel 6 near Greensboro Piedmont Triad Airport turned a late afternoon call into a second-alarm fire and put a budget hotel out of service for the moment.
Greensboro Fire Department crews were dispatched just after 4:48 p.m. Sunday to the Motel 6 at 605 S Regional Rd, and firefighters arrived around 4:52 p.m. They found active fire at the top of the building, and by 4:55 p.m. a second alarm was requested as the blaze escalated.
Additional crews and a drone team were sent in to assess the structure, a sign that firefighters needed a wider view of the roof and fire spread than a standard engine response could provide. Crews got water on the flames quickly and later brought the main fire under control.
No civilians were injured. One firefighter suffered a minor injury.
The cause remained under investigation. The Motel 6 is the Greensboro, NC - Airport property, and booking listings place it less than 2 miles from Greensboro Piedmont Triad Airport, making the fire especially sensitive for travelers and airport-area businesses that rely on low-cost lodging.
The incident also fit a pattern Greensboro firefighters have seen before at hotel properties. In a 2024 fire at the Clarion Pointe Hotel on Athena Court, 41 guests were relocated and the building sustained about $200,000 in damage. In 2025, crews called a second alarm at an extended-stay hotel on West J.J. Drive after finding hidden flames in void spaces.
Greensboro Fire’s use of a drone team at the Motel 6 also reflects an approach the department has been building in recent years. WFMY News 2 reported in 2023 that the department was using drones to improve safety and identify hazards at incidents, and a 2026 webinar listing said Greensboro Fire Captain Jason Chamberlain was scheduled to discuss tethered drone use for first responders.
For an airport corridor hotel with lower-cost rooms, a roof fire can have an immediate business impact even before investigators determine the cause. The Motel 6 fire was contained without civilian injuries, but it still briefly drew a major emergency response to one of Greensboro’s busiest lodging corridors.
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