Popular Seafood restaurant "The Saucy Shrimp," just outside of Statesboro, was damaged after a fire.
According to Grice Connect, the fire happened shortly after 2 a.m. Tuesday.
When Bulloch County deputies arrived, they reported seeing smoke and requested that the Statesboro and Bulloch Fire Departments go to the restaurant.
Statesboro Fire arrived on the scene and requested additional engines and firefighters to help battle the fire.
An eyewitness shared that heavy fire was visible from the front dining room windows within minutes of the first engine arriving.
Bulloch County EMS responded as a precaution, but no injuries were reported. Statesboro Fire Investigators will conduct a routine cause and origin investigation.
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Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services introduced 19 new firefighters April 12 during a graduation ceremony at Woodstock First Baptist Church.
The recruits who graduated are Ian Banks, Steven Barrett, Nicole Collett, Rickey Fairchild, Kianna Fournier, Brayden Hamilton, Tyler Harris, Jacob Householder, Nicholas Janflone, Kevin Jones, Jeremiah Lutz, Payton McCluskey, Landon Miller, Isaiah Powell, David Senegal, Caleb Strunk, Tyler Thomas, Charles Toburen and Jaden Walker.
Three awards were presented to select graduates during the ceremony. Recruit Instructor Jim Laughlin presented the Douglas Clark Waters Jr. Award to Toburen. This award was named after Sgt. Douglas Clark Waters Jr., a Cherokee County career firefighter who was killed in the line of duty in 2003 while serving as a volunteer firefighter at the Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department.
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