Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District personnel responded early Monday morning, March 28, to a structure fire in the former T&M Pizza building at 111 Main Street.
The building is literally across the street from the fire station and crews arrived just before 4 a.m. to find a fire that had started on the backside of the building and quickly moved inside, according to a department statement.
Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire before it was able to extend into adjacent rooms. The building is connected to three other businesses.
An investigation determined the fire to be suspicious, since there was no power to the building and it has been unoccupied for years.
Sweet Home police are assisting in the investigation. Anyone with information regarding this fire is asked to contact the Sweet Home Police Department at (541) 367-5181.
According to the department, this is the 11th working structure fire since Jan. 1. There is no evidence suggesting these fires are related, according to the SHFAD statement.