NEW: Morning Fire In Downtown Restaurant
Thursday, June 30, 2011
An early morning kitchen fire in the Parkside Rotisserie and Bar shut down South Main St. and the surrounding side streets for hours Thursday morning.
According to the Assistant Deputy Fire Chief Timothy McDaniel, the department received an emergency phone call at 7:40am. The fire, he suspects, was started in the kitchen as a stove fire, but they have not yet confirmed its origin. He says that it took over 2 hours for his team to get the fire under control because not only did it spread up to the other floors, but it was also inside the walls of the building, trapped in the two feet between the brick exterior and internal structure. The building, particularly the restaurant, suffered from "substantial damage" because of the water, smoke, and fire as well as multiple walls they were forced to knock down.
The restaurant is located on South Water Street, next to the histroic Old Stone Bank. which was built in 1854.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTSince it was so early in the morning, there were not any people working in the building, which is mainly offices, at the time. There are currently three investigators working in the building to determine the origin and cause of the fire.
Developing...
