TYLER, Texas — An early Monday morning fire at the Sonic on S. Broadway Ave. in Tyler started underneath a deep fryer in the kitchen, Tyler Fire Marshal Paul Findley said.
Officials said CBS19 the fire stared in the kitchen in a grease entrapment. The location will be closed until further notice due to the interior damage from the smoke and fire.
None of the employees were injured. The automated sprinkled system did not activate. The fire spread to that attic, Findley said.
He added foul play is not suspected.
The Tyler Fire Department contained the fire within 30 minutes after getting called to the scene around 5:40 a.m.
"The franchisee is cooperating fully with local officials as they investigate the matter," a Sonic spokesperson said.