[2] The Holiday Inn in Greece, New York, was built in 1963 at a cost of US$1.3 million and consisted of a wood-frame structure with interior hallways and 91 rooms.
[6] Investigators later determined that the fire broke windows in the hallways connecting the hotel's two wings.
Firewalls in the buildings did not extend to the roof, allowing the fire to rip through the top floor of each wing.
Questions arose about whether or not the fire alarms could be heard in the lobby of the hotel when firefighters arrived.
[9] John Stickevers, a New York City fire investigator brought in to assist with the investigation, discovered that an uncommon, highly flammable liquid accelerant was used to start the fire inside a storage cupboard under the first floor stairwell.
[10] The fire was officially ruled as an arson attack, but no one was ever charged with this crime and the case remains open today.