Gunmen Attack Hotel in Burkina Faso Capital.

Three people entered a hotel frequented by Westerners in the capital of Burkina Faso late Friday and exchanged fire with security forces, the country's state radio said, according to a United Nations spokesman in the Burkinabe capital.

There were no immediate details about possible casualties in the attack at the Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou.

U.N. spokesman in Ouagadougou, Emile Kabore, told CNN he does not believe any U.N. staffers are staying at the hotel, which is often visited by U.N. personnel in West Africa.

A French Embassy spokesman told CNN the embassy is aware of an ongoing operation at the hotel and did not know if any French nationals were inside the hotel at the time of the attack.

The French Embassy said it will send a warning message to French nationals in Burkina Faso to alert them about the situation.

The U.S. Embassy in Ouagadougou said via Twitter that it is aware of the situation. There was no indication if there are any Americans inside the hotel.

Some photos of a fire outside the hotel have been posted by a Burkinabe private broadcaster and similar photos have surfaced on social media.

In November, Burkina Faso elected a new president after nearly three decades of autocratic rule followed by a civil uprising.

Roch Marc Christian Kabore won more than 53% of votes. Kabore was a former prime minister of the West African nation.