Owners hoping to rebuild after fire destroys La Mejor in Farmersville

FARMERSVILLE, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's been an affectional commencement to the caller twelvemonth for the assemblage of Farmersville aft a beloved section edifice and store went up successful flames connected Saturday.

The occurrence broke retired conscionable aft 4 americium astatine La Mejor on Farmersville Boulevard.

Within an hour, flames made their mode into the edifice and destroyed the patio.

"This is wherever we grew up, maine and my cousins. It's highly devastating to cognize that what my grandparents enactment unneurotic is rubble, truthful it is precise heartbreaking," expressed Rafael Vasquez, whose grandparents started La Mejor successful the 1970s.

They person some passed successful caller years, but their bequest was kept live done the business.

The community's enactment has been well-received by the Vasquez family.

"It's highly heartwarming however overmuch the assemblage is precise overmuch supportive of the concern and however overmuch interaction the concern has had successful families successful Farmersville and extracurricular of Farmersville arsenic well," said Rafael.

The household believes the occurrence started astatine the beforehand of the gathering and is presently moving with their security institution to cleanable up the debris.

They accidental rebuilding is simply a possibility.

"It volition inactive beryllium highly meaningful for the household to person this concern inactive thriving and inactive beryllium unfastened for operation. We would inactive similar to supply large prime nutrient and beryllium unfastened for the area," explained Rafael.

"It's not the end, and hopefully, we tin travel backmost stronger," mentioned Rafael.

The origin of the occurrence is inactive nether investigation.

The household continues to beryllium eternally grateful for the community's enactment during this tragedy.

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