THE BLOTTER
6:53 AM CDT, July 29, 2008
(Tribune photo by Michael Tercha / July 29, 2008)Firefighters continue to work a four-alarm blaze at the Brauerhouse restaurant and bar in Hillside Tuesday morning. A fire broke out in the early morning hours.
A Hillside tavern just off the Eisenhower Expressway was consumed by flames early Tuesday morning, but no injuries were reported.
"It was closed, and the information we have is that no one was in the bar at the time," Hillside Police Sgt. Laith Ibrahim said.
The blaze broke out in the Brauerhouse, a bar and restaurant at 57 N. Hillside Ave. in the western suburb just before 2:30 a.m., authorities said.
Ibrahim said firefighters remained on the scene nearly four hours later, beating down the flames that heavily damaged the bar.
Brauerhouse, which opened in 1999, serves pizza and burgers and also is known as a live music venue. According to its Myspace page, punk, rock 'n' roll and rockabilly acts are featured.
Several neighboring suburban fire departments responded to the scene. Hillside fire officials, who are handling the investigation, could not immediately be reached for comment.
Ibrahim said that despite the bar's proximity to Interstate Highway 290, no major traffic problems had been reported.
Dan P.
Blake, Tribune reporter
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