Garage fire does $5K worth of damage: Grinders sustains light smoke damage
Published 7:18 am Tuesday, October 21, 2014
The Austin Fire Department responds to a garage fire on the 400 block of Fifth St. NW Monday afternoon.
A garage at the 400 block of Fifth Street Northwest was declared a total loss after a fire Monday afternoon near Grinder’s Deli.
Austin firefighters responded to the blaze shortly after 1 p.m. Monday and successfully put the flames out, according to Fire Chief Jim McCoy.
McCoy said there was about $5,000 worth of damage done to the property, though Grinders escaped relatively unharmed. The deli closed Monday afternoon to deal with light smoke damage.
Firefighters look for hotspots while responding to a garage fire on the 400 block of Fifth St. NW Monday afternoon.
