Early morning fire destroys Grapevine barbecue restaurant
A fire that may have been burning for some time destroyed a Grapevine barbecue restaurant early Monday, according to fire officials.
No one was injured in the blaze.
Firefighters responded to the fire at Baker’s Ribs, 1720 Texas 26, shortly after 3 a.m.
“Firefighters saw fire in the dining area when they first arrived,” Grapevine Fire Chief Darrell Brown said in a telephone interview. “By the time our battalion chief arrived, fire was going through the roof.”
It took firefighters more than an hour to knock down flames in the building, Brown said.
Fire investigators remained on the scene, trying to determine what caused the blaze.
“Workers left the restaurant about 10:20 p.m. Sunday and everything was fine,” Brown said.
Firefighters from Bedford, Euless, Coppell and Flower Mound assisted in battling the fire.
Dallas-based Baker’s Ribs opened its Grapevine location in 2014, taking it over from another barbecue restaurant.
That Baker’s Ribs also hosted a franchise of the Original Fried Pie Co. Both are owned by Joe Duncan, who launched Baker’s in Deep Ellum in 1988.
There are also locations in Weatherford, Caddo Mills, Canton, Garland and Mesquite.
This story was originally published January 28, 2019 at 6:57 AM.
