PHOTOS: Smoke bloomed into the sky Monday morning as firefighters responded to a Chinese restaurant on a report of a fire. Just before 9:30 a.m. Monday, an opaque tower of smoke could be seen rising into the sky above the China Palace, located at 195 S. Bluff Street. The building was evacuated as St. George firefighters entered to locate the fire. A neighboring barber school was evacuated while personnel worked to extinguish the fire, a witness told St. George News at the scene. St. George Police and the St. George Fire Department were at the scene.