SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — No one was hurt after a fire at a popular Scottsdale restaurant sent a large plume of smoke into the air on Sunday.
The fire happened at Fogo de Chao around 3 p.m. That's near Lincoln Drive and Scottsdale Road.
Scottsdale fire officials confirmed that the fire burned through a grease trap and went up into a grease box on top of the restaurant's roof. The fire did not spread to the building.
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The restaurant had to be evacuated, but no one was injured.
Fogo de Chao was closed for the rest of the afternoon while firefighters cleared out the smoke and ensured that there were no further damages.
Fogo de Chao caught fire in 2016 in a separate incident. No one was hurt in that fire either.
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