Fire investigators have determined that a lunchtime blaze at Cindy Lou’s Cafe Friday was accidental.
An electrical fire in the attic caused $40,000 in damage, according to Capt. Grant Cesarek, spokesman for the Rural/Metro Fire Department.
The southside restaurant remains closed.
Fire crews arrived on scene, just after 1 p.m. Friday, while workers and diners were still evacuating the eatery at 3329 E Benson Highway near South Palo Verde Road.
As they pulled up, they “found smoke coming from eaves of the roofline,” Cesarek said last week. “There was smoke inside the entire restaurant area.”
Firefighters cut two ventilation holes in the roof, which allowed heated gas and smoke to escape and prevented the fire from spreading laterally through the building. Crews sprayed water through the holes to extinguish the fire within.
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It took about 28 firefighters 25 minutes to bring the blaze under control. No injuries were reported.
