Pueblo firefighters battled two blazes late Sunday night and early today, one at a northside restaurant and another involving a tractor-trailer rig containing supplies for U.S. troops.
Firefighters responding to Kuan’s Kitchen, 750 Desert Flower Blvd., at 1:25 a.m. found thick, black smoke pouring through the roof of the popular northside eatery, according to Woody Percival, a fire inspector for the Pueblo Fire Department.
Percival said the fire was quickly extinguished and that the damage was estimated at $30,000. The origin of the fire, he added, was probably a trash can located in the kitchen.
Damage was limited, which Percival attributed to an early alarm from a passer-by who saw smoke and the rapid response of firefighters, who were at the scene within six minutes.
Shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday, Pueblo firefighters responded to a semi-truck fire in the parking lot behind Denny’s restaurant, 3600 N. Freeway Road, where they found a tractor-trailer rig with the tractor fully engulfed in flames.
Percival said that fire was extinguished with little damage to the Mayflower trailer, which was loaded with military supplies.
Howard Pankratz: 303-954-1939 or hpankratz@denverpost.com
