A small fire broke out in the La Fiesta Mexican Restaurant in Junction City Wednesday evening.

The Junction City Fire Department, EMS, and Junction City Police Department responded to the scene.

Battalion Chied Bill Kausler said it wasn’t a bad situation.

“We got a call for a possible structure fire arching electrical inside the structure with smoke in the structure,” Kausler said.

Kausler said the evacuation process hadn’t began when they arrived on scene.

“We had the police department assist us with evacuating the structure because of the smoke that was in it,” said Kausler.

The orderly evacuation process took about 3 to 5 minutes and shortly thereafter patrons were able to return to their seats inside the restaurant to enjoy the rest of their evening.

“It was about a 10 minute process,” began Kausler on the time patrons were evacuated before returning inside. “We wanted to isolate the problem, electrically wise and we were able to do that; also [the] management was able to get ahold of their electrician.”

Kausler said that La Fiesta’s electrician was in route when he spoke to JC Post sometime after 8:00 pm Wednesday evening.

“This is something that happens probably with age of the electricity in that area, or electrical issues – it’s pretty normal,” said Kausler.

There were no injuries reported, although the fire was in the main area of the restaurant.

Damage estimates are at approximately $150.

The small fire inconvenienced some for a few minutes, but diners were able to return to their meals and La Fiesta did not have to close it’s doors Wednesday evening.