EDITOR’S NOTE: Fresno Fire originally stated that the site was formerly a Huckleberry’s restaurant.
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A former breakfast restaurant on Fresno’s Blackstone Avenue is a total loss after it was engulfed in flames Wednesday morning, according to the Fresno Fire Department.
Fresno Fire officials say around 2 a.m., firefighters responded to the former restaurant at 3851 N. Blackstone Ave near Dakota Avenue for a commercial structure fire. The site was formerly a Jeb’s Blueberry Hill Restaurant.
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According to the fire department, the building has experienced multiple fires in the past and has been the site of significant homeless activity.
The first arriving firefighters say they found heavy smoke and flames burning through the roof. They were forced to take a defensive strategy, battling the blaze from the outside…