terry: milwaukee deputy fire chief terry lintonen says, thankfully, no one was hurt. >> we did find fire around an area that was under construction on the roof. shows the part of the roof fire investigators checked out. >> concern was that the fire did not drop down into the building or start to run across the roof. >> we did have to evacuate the guest rooms. and we were able to get everyone down to the lobby and across the street very, very quickly. terry: pfister general manager tim smith says construction crews are updating the hotel's elevators. firefighters say workers were using a torch. >> we just restaurants over a busy lunch hour, but we were able to get everybody back in the restaurant, happily enjoying themselves. terry: firefighters say the fire won't jeopardize safe operation of the hotel. >> what we found was fire contained to the roofing material, a little bit into the ceiling below. terry: we're told the aftermath of the fire and the damage will not interfere with hotel operations. the pfister is open tonight. reporting live in milwaukee, terry sater, wisn 12 news. kathy: