VIDEO: A popular Eagle River restaurant is a total loss following an early morning fire.
Crews responded to Off the Chain around 5:30 a.m. Monday.
Investigator said a passerby noticed the fire and knocked on all the doors including a home next to the building. The passerby was able to get all the occupants from that residence out. When deputies arrived the restaurant was engulfed.
Fire Departments from Eagle River, Conover, Phelps, and Three Lakes assisted.
The Vilas County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigation and the Eagle River Fire Department are investigating the cause of the fire. The State Fire Marshal was on the scene.