Crews from two cities battled a fire overnight in at a Skyline Chili in Fairfield.The incident took place around 2:30 a.m. at Skyline Chili on Hicks Boulevard.A Fairfield police officer spotted flames coming from the roof early Wednesday morning, but there was little that fire crews could do to try to save the building, because part of the roof had already collapsed.“We were not going to risk the lives of our personnel when we felt there was no life-safety risk to people being inside,” said Fairfield Deputy Fire Chief Tom Wagner.Dennis Kurlas, owner of the restaurant, said it’s been in this same location for more than 20 years.“The most important thing is that no one was in there,” Kurlas said.Firefighters from Fairfield Township and Hamilton helped tackle the flames and contain the damage from the two-alarm fire. Skyline sent out a message via Twitter that read in part:“In the coming days, we’ll be working with the owner of the location and the entire Skyline family to develop a plan to rebuild the restaurant.”They also promised workers will have uninterrupted employment at other locations.It was his workers Kurlas was thinking about after he learned about the fire.“I called our employees first and let them know everything. That’s the most important thing right now, our employees,” Kurlas said.He vowed to rebuild and keep the restaurant going.

Crews from two cities battled a fire overnight in at a Skyline Chili in Fairfield.

The incident took place around 2:30 a.m. at Skyline Chili on Hicks Boulevard.




A Fairfield police officer spotted flames coming from the roof early Wednesday morning, but there was little that fire crews could do to try to save the building, because part of the roof had already collapsed.

“We were not going to risk the lives of our personnel when we felt there was no life-safety risk to people being inside,” said Fairfield Deputy Fire Chief Tom Wagner.

Dennis Kurlas, owner of the restaurant, said it’s been in this same location for more than 20 years.

“The most important thing is that no one was in there,” Kurlas said.

Firefighters from Fairfield Township and Hamilton helped tackle the flames and contain the damage from the two-alarm fire.

Skyline sent out a message via Twitter that read in part:

“In the coming days, we’ll be working with the owner of the location and the entire Skyline family to develop a plan to rebuild the restaurant.”

They also promised workers will have uninterrupted employment at other locations.

It was his workers Kurlas was thinking about after he learned about the fire.

“I called our employees first and let them know everything. That’s the most important thing right now, our employees,” Kurlas said.

He vowed to rebuild and keep the restaurant going.



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We’re grateful that our Fairfield Skyline family is safe and for the bravery & professionalism of the Fairfield & Hamilton firefighters. In the coming days, we’ll be working with the owner of the location and the entire Skyline family to develop a plan to rebuild the restaurant. — Skyline Chili (@Skyline_Chili) September 26, 2018

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