Electrical Fire Causes Smoke Damage at Splitz Bar and Grill

ROSEBURG, Ore. - An electrical fire inside Splitz Bar and Grill filled the restaurant with smoke Tuesday morning, prompting a second-alarm response from the Roseburg Fire Department.

Firefighters were dispatched at 10:57 a.m. to a commercial fire alarm at 2400 NE Diamond Lake Boulevard, a building occupied by Splitz Bar and Grill and Ten Down Bowling.

A business employee and a Roseburg Fire Department battalion chief approached the entrance to the restaurant. When the front door was opened, they discovered smoke throughout the building and requested a second alarm.

Fire crews entered the building, extinguished the fire and completed primary and secondary searches. Firefighters were able to prevent the flames from spreading into the remaining portions of the commercial structure.

Crews then conducted extensive ventilation because of the large amount of smoke inside the building.

A fire investigator determined the fire was electrical in nature and connected to a refrigerator or cooler in the restaurant portion of Splitz Bar and Grill. Fire damage was limited to the cooler and a nearby wall, although smoke damage was reported throughout the restaurant.

The building was equipped with an automatic fire alarm and sprinkler system. The alarm activated as designed, but the sprinkler system had not activated by the time firefighters arrived.

No one was inside the building when the fire occurred, and no injuries were reported.

The Roseburg Police Department assisted at the scene.