People staying at Hotel Ottumwa had to be evacuated Monday afternoon (8/9) because of a fire.  Around 5:15pm, Ottumwa firefighters were called to the hotel on a report of heavy smoke inside the building. The fire reportedly started on the sixth floor and one person was hospitalized.  All of the hotel’s guests and residents had to be evacuated because of water leaking from the sixth floor on to the fifth floor, as well as smoke damage.  The cause of the fire is not known at this time.