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Second alarm fire burns Highway 41 restaurant

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EVANSVILLE, IN (WFIE) -

Fire damages a Denny's restaurant in Vanderburgh County this afternoon.

Fire investigators say the fire at the restaurant close to Highway 41 and I-64 may have started in the kitchen. The entire restaurant has heavy smoke and fire damage.

The building was evacuated and no one was hurt.

Authorities say the fire was too large for the sprinkler system to handle.

"They did have a sprinkler system in the kitchen, it did activate, but I believe the fire was too great to actually, the sprinkler system to actually truly work," said STFD Investigator Nathan Stoermer.

The kitchen is a total loss.

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