UPDATE: Block Island reopens to visitors after fire destroys Harborside Inn Saturday

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Visitors were asked Saturday to avoid Block Island, a popular summer destination off the coast of Rhode Island, after a fire ripped through a historic hotel overnight.

The Harborside Inn, which said it has been welcoming guests for more than a century, “appears to be a total loss,” the Block Island Times, a local news source, wrote on Facebook.

A video shared on Twitter by WJAR, a Providence NBC affiliate, showed flames shooting from the roof of the inn located at 213 Water St., in Block Island’s main town area.

“There is limited water and no power in town,” the Block Island Chamber of Commerce said in a Facebook post around 9:30 a.m. It said the island was in a state of emergency and asked visitors to avoid traveling there Saturday.

The fire began around midnight, and the roof of the hotel caved in about 90 minutes later, according to the Chamber of Commerce. It took crews more than six hours to extinguish the flames, which were limited to the hotel building.

Around 50 fighters traveled to the island from across the state to assist Block Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue, and “at least four ladder trucks have also been brought in,” the chamber said.

“Hotel guests were evacuated to the Block Island School, and there were no injuries reported,” the Block Island Times reported.

The Block Island Ferry said in a message on its website that it transported emergency vehicles throughout the night to the island. The ferry service also adjusted its Saturday schedule and posted alternate travel times online.

The island, seven miles long and three miles wide, is located about 10 miles off the Rhode Island coast. It has one town, New Shoreham — the smallest town in the nation’s smallest state, according to the town website. A year-round population of about 1,000 residents swells by 15,000 to 20,000 visitors each day during the summer.