UPDATE:
Smitty's Restaurant and Lounge will re-open this morning at 7:00 a.m.
It remained closed yesterday as a result of the fire in the basement.
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DFD was dispatched to smoke in a building (1601 Main Street South-Smitty's Restaurant & Lounge) shortly after 10 pm on Monday, January 21st.
Upon arrival, management met the firefighters and reported that there was a fire in the basement under the kitchen area.
Firefighters entered and encountered heavy black smoke coming from the basement stairs.
The fire was located and extinguished within the first 20 minutes on the scene but crews remained on scene until after midnight in order to remove smoke from the building.
There are no injuries and no estimates on damages at this time.
Even though the cause of the fire is not suspicious, it does remain under investigation.
