Fire in the Disco: Sixth Street Bars Burn
Two separate fires within an hour of each other this morning have damaged at least three Sixth Street bars.
Around 5:30 a.m., Blind Pig Pub caught on fire, quickly spreading to Maggie Mae's next door. Firefighters were able to contain the initial blaze in under half an hour. Shortly afterwards, Vice Bar, which sits several units away, also caught on fire. It appears that authorities had the second one under control much quicker.
Investigators are currently looking into how the fires, which seem to have been independent of one another, were started. It's believed that an A/C unit at Vice Bar was behind the second blaze.
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