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Tequila’s Mexican Restaurant in Golden destroyed by fire

A passerby saw the smoke coming from Tequila's Mexican Restaurant at 17535 South Golden Road early Sunday morning, and called 911 at 1:20 a.m. Sunday morning. By the time firefighters from four metro departments arrived, the blaze had gone to the roof, and it took several hours to put out...
By Patricia CalhounOctober 7, 2012
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A passerby saw the smoke coming from Tequila’s Mexican Restaurant at 17535 South Golden Road early Sunday morning, and called 911 at 1:20 a.m. Sunday morning.

By the time firefighters from four metro departments arrived, the blaze had gone to the roof, and it took several hours to put out the fire.

According to Golden Fire Department spokeswoman Karlyn Tilley, “Crews had to cut through the building with chainsaws to try to access the areas on fire.”

The building was destroyed, and the cause of the fire is being investigated, and the probe will take a few days, she says.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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