3-alarm fire damages downtown Dallas restaurant
by Ryan Wood
WFAA
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 4:17 AM
Updated today at 5:32 AM
A 3-alarm fire damaged at least one restaurant inside a downtown Dallas high-rise building.
Around 3:30 a.m. Friday, firefighters responded to the Davis high-rise at 1401 Main Street. Firefighters reported seeing smoke and flames coming from a door on the bottom floor of the high-rise.
The fire started inside a taco bar restaurant on the bottom floor, firefighters said. The taco bar sustained major damage. Smoke also could be seen coming from a second restaurant next door.
The Davis high-rise building also houses apartments. Fire alarms inside the building alerted residents and they evacuated. No one was hurt.
Firefighters said no one was inside the section of the building where the fire burned.
Dallas Fire-Rescue is working to ventilate the building. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Stay tuned to News 8 for the latest.
Chili's Restaurant in Mesquite Major Fire
By Alice Wolke | MYFOXDFW.COM
MESQUITE, Texas - Hundreds of onlookers slowed down on I-635 to watch the Chili's restaurant burning near Town East Mall in Mesquite during Tuesday's morning rush hour.
The restaurant was first reported on fire about 4:30 a.m., but flames were still shooting out of the roof by 7:45 a.m. as firefighters used ladder trucks to shoot water onto structure.
No one was inside the restaurant when the blaze began, so Mesquite Fire Department called only two alarms on the fire. No injuries have been reported.
Traffic on northbound LBJ Freeway (I-635) slowed considerably as motorists watched the fire and smoke rise into the morning sky.
There's no word on a possible cause of the fire. Stay with FOX 4 News and myfoxdfw.com for further updates on this story.
Original Sonny Bryan's Restaurant Catches Fire
Published : Wednesday, 28 Sep 2011, 7:45 AM CDT
DALLAS - Dallas firefighters battled a blaze at the original Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse on Inwood Road late Tuesday night.
The 1-alarm fire started some time before 11 p.m. Paramedics and another Dallas Fire-Rescue crew driving past the restaurant saw smoke and called dispatch; the first crew arrived to find the back of the restaurant fully engulfed in flames.
The smoker is at the back of the restaurant, but investigators have not yet determined a cause of the fire. Arson has not been ruled out, either.
The restaurant will be closed for at least a couple of weeks, said company CEO Walker Harmon.
The original Sonny Bryan's location opened in 1958 and is a centerpiece of the medical center area. It's located across from the UT Southwestern Medical Center, and often has a line of diners outside its doors starting around 11:30 a.m. for the lunchtime rush.
Customers love the signed photos of celebrites and the old wooden school desks inside. It appears none of those items were damaged by the fire.
Stay with FOX 4 News and myfoxdfw.com for further updates on this story as it develops.
Fire Damages Amici Restaurant
By Greg Janda
| Wednesday, Mar 9, 2011 | Updated 1:28 PM CST
Amici Italian Restaurant in Carrollton was damaged in a two-alarm fire around 7:45 Wednesday morning. Amici Signature Italian restaurant in Carrollton was damaged in a two-alarm fire around 7:45 Wednesday morning.
According to fire officials, the blaze started on the second floor of a older builder overlooking the historic downtown Carrollton square.
Officials said a two-story fire wall installed in Amici helped stop the fire from damaging the property further.
No injures were reported in the fire, and the damage was mostly contained to the Amici property. Some adjacent buildings had minor water damage, according to fire officials at the scene.
Investigators are still looking into the cause of the fire.
