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CRIME & SAFETY
Fire destroys Jefferson County restaurant
DE SOTO, Mo. — A fire destroyed a restaurant in De Soto early Sunday morning. No injuries were reported, De Soto Fire Chief Tony Ochoa said. He said the De Soto Fire Department got a call at 5:55 a.m. about the fire at Junction Cafe, 106 S. Main St., and when the first crews arrived, flames were coming from the back of the building, and heavy smoke was throughout the restaurant. Firefighters attacked the fire from the back of the building and by entering the front of the building.
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