Spud’s Pizza Parlor will be closed for the foreseeable future after a grease fire broke out in the kitchen over Labor Day weekend.
No one was injured in the incident, which started around 5 p.m. on Aug. 30, but the midcentury building was damaged in the process of putting it out. Tacoma Fire Department determined the fire was “unintentional,” likely caused by “radiated or conducted heat from operating equipment” and exacerbated by a build-up of grease, spokesperson Chelsea Shepherd confirmed Monday.
Spud’s owner Tracie Paul said her staff handled the situation as best they could, keeping fire extinguishers on the blaze until emergency responders arrived and evacuating the entire restaurant on a busy Saturday afternoon…