Strip mall fire

be a little fire …it didn’t turn out to be a little fire.” bob flames and heavy smoke that could be seen for miles. now business owners are left wondering what’s next — after a fire tore through a strip mall in east el paso. good evening everyone — i’m bob harp. rick and estela are off tonight. the fire broke out at around 4:30 this afternoon on the 13-hundred block of lee trevino. it happened at the shopping center called “the trevino village.” there are a lot o strip malls up and down lee trevino… … so i wanted to give you a better idea of which one it is. if yo’ve ever driven through the area, this might ring a bell. let’s say u exit i-10 and turn left on lee trevino. rojas is one of the first intersections you hit. these google satellite images show you which strip mall we’retalking about. as soon as you pass rojas,it’s on your right. it has the firestore … and eventually you see the smokey’s pit stop and good coffee restaurant. now after more than 5 hours — there are still some hotspots firefighters are working to put out. abc-7’s josie ortegon is live in east el paso — josie: this is what’s left of lee trevino village. “nats of alarm” a chaotic scen unfolding in east el paso as a fire breaks out at lee trevino village. “right in the building of good coffee, i could see the flames coming out.” the owner of goo coffee telling abc-7 no one was inside the popular mexican restaurant that had just closed for the day. family members trying to figure out the next move. “i mean just what to do, i don’t know..i don’t know…” th fire then spreading within moments to the business next door, smokey’s bar & restaurant. customers making it out of the business ok. “this doesn’t look right. so i ran outside saw the smoke coming out ran around the corner saw the flames coming and ran back in the bar, told everybody get out next door is on fire man, get out man let’s go.” th restaurant’s owner billy srmstrong telling abc-7, he didn’t know it would turn out to be so big: “i thought it would be something small, not a big problem. you have a little fire next door and you try to put it out. it didn’t turn out to be a little fire.” fire officials saying the businesses were all connected and shared common walls, attic and roof. as it began making its way down the strip, part of the roof collapsed. t fire then becoming so dangerous, crews forced to fight it from outside. stand-up “from the bac end of the plaza, a clear shot of the crews working from different directions to put out the fire, hoping to contain it.” the extent of th damage to all businesses is still unclear. but armstrong telling abc-7, by the looks of it, they may have to demolish the business and start all over again: “whe do we get started? that’s all you can do.” abc-seven was also on the scene of a crash at montana and wedgewood. the wreck