SASKATOON -- Firefighters battled a noon hour blaze at the Westgate Inn on 22nd Street West.

Firefighters received a call around 12:19 p.m. Monday and found two hotel rooms on the second floor engulfed in flames upon arrival, according to a news release sent out by the Saskatoon Fire Department.

Firefighters began an immediate exterior attack to soften the fire prior to making entry. At the same time, fire crews began searching each room in the hotel, the release said.

The fire department said crews assisted six occupants off of a balcony with a ladder and rescued one occupant from a first-floor room directly below the fire.

One pregnant female occupant, who was inside the room of origin at the time, self-evacuated to a safe location. She was medically assessed on scene and later transported to hospital for treatment of minor injuries sustained as a result of the fire, according to the release.

A Saskatoon man who was staying at the hotel while looking for an apartment said he lost everything he owns in the fire.

"It’s all gone now, completely," Brent Brazeau said.

"When I woke up the firemen were there and they were waking me up and hauling me out. And I was trying to grab my shoes. They wouldn’t let me. And Then finally they grabbed my shoes for me.”

Shayna Bryant, who works at a nearby gas station saw the situation unfold.

"There was a person who went and opened up the door and close it right underneath when it was burning. said 'get out of there' everyone was freaking out. they had a bunch of people trying to knock on the doors, get everybody out.," Bryant said.

While the flames pouring out of the hotel made for a harrowing site, fire department batallion chief Bill Riley said they also helped firefighters know where to focus their efforts.

"The guys did a really quick hit. Because when the flames are coming out we know exactly where to go. And so they got it knocked down real quick."

Firefighters have concluded their work at the scene and have deemed the structure uninhabitable with damage estimated at approximately $400,000.

The cause is still unknown at this time but the fire department said an investigator is continuing to analyze evidence and statements.