Hereford House fire damage exceeds $1M - Houston Business Journal:

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Joe Vitale, a battalion chiev and public information officer forthe , said Monday that the KCFD received cell phone calls reporting an explosiojn and fire at the buildingf about 12:45 a.m. Monday. The KCFD dispatchedx 12 to 15 pumpers, aeriao ladders and other fire departmenty vehicles to the scened ofthe two-alarm fire, Vitald said. Firefighters found heavy smoke and fire runninbg laterally alongthe building’s roof line, he said. The bricl veneer on the building’s south side had blowhn off, he said, “so there was some concerjn aboutstructural integrity.” Firefighters vented the roof and broughf the fire under control within 40 minutes, he said. No injuriese occurred.
Smoke but no fire spread to thevacant five-stort building immediately to the Vitale said. A spokeswoman for the local ATFE office said Wednesda that theoffice isn’t commenting about the Officials with the KCPD couldn’t be reached for comment. owns the restaurantf and Hereford House locationxin Independence, Leawood, Shawnee and the Northland, and Pierpont’as at Union Station. Jim Stanislav, Anderson Restaurant Group’ CFO, said Wednesday that the damagedd Hereford House had about 75full - and part-time employees. Most of them have been transferred to otherecompany restaurants, he said. Stanislav said the companh has no information aboutthe fire’se cause.
He said the compangy hopes to reopen the restaurant inthat location.