Fire at Kilgore Sonic

KILGORE – An early Tuesday morning fire at the Sonic Drive-In in Kilgore resulted in damage, but no injuries, according to Michael Stanley, public information officer for the Kilgore Fire Department. He said the department responded about 4:30am to the restaurant on U.S. Highway 259 for a kitchen fire.

“Sonic employees had arrived to open the restaurant for business when a fire developed in the kitchen,” Stanley said. Sonic employees activated the extinguisher system which contained the fire to the cooking equipment. The restaurant was closed as a result of the damage, officials said. The cause of the fire and found it to be accidental, according to an investigation by the Kilgore Fire Marshal’s office, he said.