Raleigh Fire

Glenwood South Open, But Some Restaurants Forced To Close In Aftermath Of Raleigh Fire

... afternoon. “If they open it up, we’ll try to give it a run and see what happens,” said general manager Andy Tetterton. By 4:30 p.m., the restaurant’s Facebook page reported that it was open for business. Tetterton described Thursday night as “intense.” He said he walked outside, saw the early stages of the fire, which he called an “inferno,” turned around and told customers and employees to go home. “All it took was one shift of wind, and we would have been right in the mess,” he said. More, a restaurant across the parking lot, joined with Clouds to feed first-responders but decided to close Friday night and expected to be closed Saturday. Scott Phillips, executive chef for JMR Kitchens, which owns More, said he was going to shut down the kitchen for the weekend to be on the safe side. The restaurant is closed Sundays anyway. “If we’re closed for two days, it’s a weekend,” he said. “Everyone relies on Friday and Saturday to pay for the week.”. But like others, Phillips and Tetterton said it was fortunate that no one was hurt and that their buildings were secure. “In the grand scheme of things, nobody got hurt. Everybody got out of here safe,” Tetterton said. “That’s more ...

Raleigh Fire Sparks More Urgency To Hire Firefighters In Winston-salem

... for classifying fires. In Winston-Salem, any time there is a a residential fire - 28 personnel arrive on scene along with five engine companies, two truck companies, two battalion chiefs, a rescue unit, a safety officer, and EMS. For a second alarm fire, two more engines are called in which gives them eight additional people. But Sawyer says a “five-alarm” fire usually means one thing for all departments. “The five alarm fire pretty much means all hands on deck, as many people as we can get to rectify the situation,” said Sawyer. “That's a pretty big fire.”. It took more than 130 Raleigh firefighters to put the fire out on Thursday night. To put that into perspective, at any given time, Greensboro has 151 firefighters on the clock. Winston-Salem has 88 but now the city wants to hire more. "We want to always make sure that we hire according ...

Local Businesses, Church Helping Feed Raleigh First Responders After 5-alarm Fire

... of Barry’s Cafe went to the scene around 12:30 a.m. to feed first responders and they plan to come back later today to feed more. First responders at the scene of the five-alarm fire will be well-fed and caffeinated (Lauren Haviland/CBS North Carolina). Flying Biscuit Cafe in Cameron Village posted on their Facebook page that they will feed any first responder for free today as a thank-you for their hard work. “We’re here. We wanted to assess what had happened in our own building so clearly just to offer some of our own hospitality and restrooms and stuff is what were called to do,” said Dan Palatucci. The Daily Planet Cafe and Panera Bread were also at the scene handing out pastries and coffee. The downtown location of Chick-fil-A gave out food to first responders until 3 p.m. and the Jersey Mike’s locations on Wake Forest Road, Hillsborough Street and Peace Street also gave out free subs to first responders in uniform. Members of the Edenton Street United Methodist church also went to the scene Friday morning to hand out free food and coffee to ...