LINES LAID: Firefighters at work at Ya Yas.

  • Channel 4
  • LINES LAID: Firefighters at work at Ya Ya’s.

Multiple reports arriving by Twitter and e-mail of a fire in Ya Ya’s Euro Bistro in the Promenade shopping center in Chenal Valley. Pat Lynch, who follows scanner traffic closely, reports hearing that the fire began in the kitchen. Lunch was interrupted.

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Anybody out that way with a camera?

UPDATE: Channel 4, on the scene, says the fire is believed to have started around a vent. The restaurant apparently rolled out a new menu today.

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UP ON THE ROOF: Smoke breaks through at Ya Yas.

  • Grav Weldon
  • UP ON THE ROOF: Smoke breaks through at Ya Ya’s.

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