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Early-morning fire breaks out at Sacramento restaurant A fire broke out early Friday morning at Mexican food restaurant on J and 37th streets. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT UPLOAD THEM TO KCRA.COM/ULOCAL. FIRE CREWS ARE BLOCKING A PORTION OF J STREET AFTER AN EARLY-MORNING RESTAURANT FIRE. BRIAN HICKEY IS THERE. WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR? THE FIRE STARTING AROUND 3:30 A.M. YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE THAT THE FIRE DID. IT APPEARS THE FIRE STARTED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. INVESTIGATORS RIGHT NOW COLLECTING EVIDENCE TO CONFIRM THAT. IT APPEARS THE FIRE WAS ON THE OUTSIDE AND THEN GOT INTO THE ATTIC SPACE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY HAVE HAD TO PULL DOWN THE SIDING TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. HERE IS VIDEO FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING. YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEY HAD TO DO TO KNOCK THE FIRE DOWN. FIRE WAS COMING UP OUT OF THE WALLS AND THEY BASICALLY HAD TO PULL THE SIDING DOWN PIECE BY PIECE TO GET WATER DOWN INTO THAT SPACE. AT THIS POINT, CALLING THE FIRE SUSPICIOUS. THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY CLEAR INDICATION OF HOW THE FIRE STARTED, BUT BEING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING AT THIS TIME OF THE MORNING, CERTAINLY SUSPICIOUS. MOST OF THE DAMAGE IS TO THE BACK OF THE BUILDING IN THE KITCHEN AREA. THE FRONT OF THE RESTAURANT LOOKS PRETTY WELL INTACT WITH JUST SOME WATER AND SMOKE DAMAGE.