KEARNS — After a building across the street from Kearns High School caught fire Wednesday, crews worked into the early morning commute hours to extinguish it, forcing road closures and a large response from crews. Hours into the effort, an officer was hit by a car at the scene, police said.
The building was a small strip mall called La Placita Market on the corner of 5400 South and Northwest Avenue. The family who owns it said they have been proudly running the store for the past 21 years.
“My dad and mom have always wanted to own a store, and you know, establish their own thing,” said Osvaldo Vaca Perez…