Two-alarm fire damages Kent restaurant

May 16, 2017 12:49 pm
Smoke billows from the entrance of a Kent restaurant late Monday. The resatuarant was empty at the time of the fire. COURTESY PHOTO, Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority
Smoke billows from the entrance of a Kent restaurant late Monday. The resatuarant was empty at the time of the fire. COURTESY PHOTO, Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority

A two-alarm fire severely damaged a Kent restaurant late Monday.

Puget Sound Regional Fire units were dispatched around 11 p.m. to the 100 block of Central Avenue South for smoke from a building.

Crews quickly responded and extinguished the fire.

There was nobody in the restaurant at the time of the fire, but there was extensive smoke and heat damage throughout the building.

The fire is under investigation.

In addition to Puget Sound Fire units, mutual aid was received from South King Fire, Renton Regional Fire Authority, South King County Medic One, Valley Regional Fire Authority and Zone 3 Rehab.