BEND, OR -- As law enforcement responded to a reported armed robbery at Columbia State Bank in northeast Bend, fire units were dispatched to the Carl's Jr restaurant, just a block north on Third Street.
Employees called 911 at about 9:45 Monday morning, after they discovered a deep fryer on fire. Bend Fire officials credit immediate efforts by workers with fire extinguishers for keeping damage to a minimum keeping the blaze from spreading.
Investigators believe the fire started in a faulty fryer, used to cook French fries, causing about $5,000 in damage.
