Firefighters douse the smoky remnants of a Days Inn in Kittery on Wednesday.

A firefighter douses the roof of a Days Inn in Kittery on Wednesday.

Fire hoses lie across the Route 1 Bypass in Kittery, which was closed to traffic as firefighters extinguished a blaze that destroyed a Days Inn on Wednesday.

Flames roll out from under the eaves at a Days Inn in Kittery on Wednesday.

Firefighters work at a Days Inn in Kittery on Wednesday.

A firefighter douses the remnants of a Days Inn in Kittery on Wednesday.

Firefighters battle a smoky fire that destroyed a Days Inn in Kittery.

Smoke covers the area as firefighters battle a blaze at a Days Inn in Kittery on Wednesday.

A firefighters on a tower truck sprays water through the roof of the Days Inn in Kittery on Wednesday.

Firefighters spray water on the remains of the Days Inn at the U.S. Route 1 Bypass in Kittery on Wednesday. The hotel was destroyed by the fire, which required firefighters and tankers from numerous departments to put it out.

A firefighter from the Newmarket, New Hampshire fire department directs where to move the water from a tower truck while fighting a fire at the Days Inn on the U.S. Route 1 Bypass in Kittery on Wednesday.

Firefighters work to put out a fire at the Days Inn in Kittery on Wednesday.

Firefighters from numerous deapartments throughout southern Maine and New Hampshire work to put out a fire at the Days Inn in Kittery on Wednesday.

Firefighters work to put out a fire at the Days Inn on the U.S. Route 1 Bypass in Kittery on Wednesday.