Fire scare prompts evacuation at Alabaster Olive Garden
Published 10:25 pm Thursday, September 10, 2015
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Customers and employees were evacuated from the Alabaster Olive Garden restaurant on Sept. 10 as a precaution after the Alabaster Fire Department received a report of a possible fire at the restaurant. No fire or damage was discovered. (Contributed)
By NEAL WAGNER / Managing Editor
ALABASTER – Customers at Alabaster’s Olive Garden restaurant were evacuated as a precaution by the Alabaster Fire Department shortly after 8 p.m. on Sept. 10 after a smoky odor prompted a call to the department.
Alabaster Fire Chief Jim Golden said the department received a call from the restaurant at about 8 p.m. reporting a possible fire at the structure in the city’s South Promenade shopping center. Golden said the call came after a smoky odor filled the inside of the restaurant, and said several of the department’s engine companies responded.
After a thorough inspection of the restaurant, firefighters determined there was no fire or danger to customers or employees, Golden said. After the restaurant received the all-clear, employees and customers were allowed back inside.
“Luckily, it turned out to basically be a false alarm,” Golden said. “We evacuated everyone just as a precaution.”