Blaze shuts restaurant's doors indefinitely

AUBURN - An electrical short sparked a lunch-time fire Friday in the rear of the Grant Avenue Wendy's just as workers were preparing for the onslaught of hamburger-hungry patrons.

Assistant manager John Thomas was behind the registers with two other employees when he turned to walk toward the storage area and noticed smoke pouring out of a doorway.

"I didn't see any flames," Thomas said. "We just got out of there."