ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) — A large fire ripped through a strip mall in Anaheim Wednesday, filling the area with smoke and forcing a series of morning rush-hour road closures.
The blaze broke out around 5:30 a.m. in the 1200 block of South State College Boulevard, largely destroying the structure and the 10 businesses housed there, including Star Liquor.
“That’s it. There’s no more business. It’s a done deal. You can’t fix it,” said owner Hatm Alanini.
“Around 7:30, one of my friends, he called me, and he told me what happened. Like, ‘Your place is on fire,'” he recalled.
Alanini along with several employees were at the scene Wednesday morning, watching as firefighters crews tried to put out the fire.
“It has too much inventory,” Alanini said about his store. “Luckily, I have insurance but I don’t how it’s going to be with them. Are they going to pay?”
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