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Jump to full article: Wilmington (DE) News Journal, 2009-01-01
Author: MOLLY MURRAY / The News Journa
Intro: It was lunch time at Irish Eyes Pub, on the waterfront in Lewes, when someone smelled smoke.
The restaurant managers got the 10 employees and several tables of patrons out of the building before smoke and flames engulfed it.
No one was injured but the year-old building was reduced to little more than a shell, said Kathy Newcomb, one of the owners. The interior was gone. . . .
The cause has not been determined, though Newcomb said there is some speculation that a smoldering cigarette rolled under the building, caught fire and was stoked by high winds.
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