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Fresh Kitchen in South Tampa was on fire this morning

The intersection of Howard and Dekle is closed.

By Ray Roa on Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 7:34 am

Photo by Corrie Miserendino

Fresh Kitchen in Tampa, Florida on July 29, 2024.

South Tampa woke up to the sight and smell of bad news for a neighborhood favorite.

Tampa Fire Rescue said that a two-alarm fire broke out at Fresh Kitchen early this morning. The blaze at the restaurant located at 1350 S Howard Ave has closed the intersection of Howard Avenue and W Dekle Avenue.

WTVT says the fire started just after 4:30 a.m. and was mostly contained by 7 a.m. No one was hurt.

Tampa Fire Rescue is also on scene of a two-alarm structure fire at the Fresh Kitchen on S. Howard Ave.
⚠️S. Howard is closed in both directions to vehicle and pedestrian traffic. between W. Southview and Stroud Avenues. ⚠️#TampaBayTraffic pic.twitter.com/iRrjTv7rJw
— Tampa Fire Rescue (@TampaFireRescue) July 29, 2024

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Fresh Kitchen. Tampa Fire Rescue

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Ray Roa

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...

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