Businesses pick up the pieces after strip mall fire

  • Fire crews checked offices in the Keiser building, adjacent to the China Kitchen building, as the blaze started to gain steam Oct. 4 around 6 p.m. Connie Swinney/The Highlander
    Fire crews checked offices in the Keiser building, adjacent to the China Kitchen building, as the blaze started to gain steam Oct. 4 around 6 p.m. Connie Swinney/The Highlander
  • Marble Falls Fire Chief Thomas Crane (left) said the State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the cause of the fire Oct. 4 at the two-story strip mall adjacent to Avenue H, First Street and U.S. 281 in Marble Falls. Photos by Connie Swinney/The Highlander
    Marble Falls Fire Chief Thomas Crane (left) said the State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the cause of the fire Oct. 4 at the two-story strip mall adjacent to Avenue H, First Street and U.S. 281 in Marble Falls. Photos by Connie Swinney/The Highlander
  • Vaughn Hamilton of Marble Falls Area EMS was on the scene, during the Oct. 4 blaze which destroyed China Kitchen building and several other businesses. A fire crew doused a Hudson Electrical vehicle in the background.
    Vaughn Hamilton of Marble Falls Area EMS was on the scene, during the Oct. 4 blaze which destroyed China Kitchen building and several other businesses. A fire crew doused a Hudson Electrical vehicle in the background.
  • The billowing blaze could be seen from Second Street less than an hour after smoke appeared at the top of the China Kitchen building, consisting of about 20 businesses on two floors.
    The billowing blaze could be seen from Second Street less than an hour after smoke appeared at the top of the China Kitchen building, consisting of about 20 businesses on two floors.
From real estate brokers and tradesmen to a popular eatery and beauty salons, commerce came to a halt for more than a dozen busi - nesses, during the Oct. 4 blaze in Marble Falls. A fire destroyed the Mayfield building, informally known as the China Kitchen building, that day when a fire lurched within an hour from one corner to engulf the en - tire structure. The two-story building, re -…

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