Smoky fire damages southern Indiana restaurant
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. — Dozens of customers and workers had to evacuate a southern Indiana restaurant after a smoky fire broke out.
Firefighters were called Sunday night to the Buckhead Mountain Grill in Jeffersonville when people started smelling smoke.
Jeffersonville Fire Chief David Kaskie tells WHAS-TV that firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke in the restaurant’s ceiling. Crews were able to extinguish the fire without any injuries being reported.
A cause of the fire wasn’t immediately determined, although Kaskie says it didn’t appear to be a cooking fire.
The News and Tribune reports about 50 people were inside the restaurant when the fire was discovered and that the extent of the damage wasn’t immediately known.
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