A weekend fire in East Dubuque did damage to a downtown restaurant.
Saturday evening around 9:30 crews from the East Dubuque Fire Department were called to the Hangry Hobo in the 200 block of Sinsinawa Avenue on the report of a grease fire in the kitchen area. While firefighters were in route the facility fire suppression system activated put the fire out.
Firefighters checked the building and there was no sign of fire. Damage was estimated at $10-thousand dollars. The cause was determined to be grease transferred out of the fryer into a pot on the stove top. There were no injuries.
