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Melbourne Fla--Fire Destroys KFC Restaurant
Flames erupted at the KFC restaurant in the Lake Washington Crossing shopping center in North Melbourne after a car hit a gas line at the restaurant's drive-in window.
No one was injured in the incident. However, businesses in the shopping center were evacuated as a precaution.
Ronald Shepard, a cook for KFC at 3006 Lake Washington Road, said someone "came through the drive-in and hit the gas line."
"There were sparkles in the main switch box," Shepard said. "There was a lot of fire and the back door was in flames."
Shepard and other workers and customers escaped out the front door.
Restaurant manager Theresa Reeve said she heard a loud hissing sound. "I looked up and saw flames," she said. Reeve immediately ordered everyone to leave the restaurant.
No one was injured in the incident. However, businesses in the shopping center were evacuated as a precaution.
Ronald Shepard, a cook for KFC at 3006 Lake Washington Road, said someone "came through the drive-in and hit the gas line."
"There were sparkles in the main switch box," Shepard said. "There was a lot of fire and the back door was in flames."
Shepard and other workers and customers escaped out the front door.
Restaurant manager Theresa Reeve said she heard a loud hissing sound. "I looked up and saw flames," she said. Reeve immediately ordered everyone to leave the restaurant.