Fire Damages Pacific Palisades Restaurant And Flashes Out

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA — A Pacific Palisades restaurant was badly damaged in a fire Wednesday night, reaching a flash point and burning itself out, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The fire broke out shortly after 9:30 p.m. in the 15400 West Sunset Boulevard. According to Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart the "Fire appears to have flashed (point when the contents of room that are preheated by smoldering fire and ignite at once) and burned itself out in the 1 story, commercial (restaurant) building just prior to LAFD arrival."

No one was injured the the blaze, and authorities are still investigating the cause of the fire. An estimate for the damage has not been determined.