TOLEDO, Ohio — A strip mall in Sylvania Township will be closed for the "foreseeable future" after a fire Saturday night, a battalion chief for the township's fire department told WTOL 11.
Crews from the township, the city of Sylvania and Toledo responded to the fire at 5201 Monroe Street around 6:30 p.m.
No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
Lt. Craig Koperski, the battalion chief, said the fire started on the right, or north, side of the strip mall. A spa and a neighboring vacant unit were damaged by the fire, which extended through the roof.
At least six businesses were affected by the fire and there is smoke damage throughout the entire building, Koperski said.
"At first we actually thought our building was on fire, maybe the cooks had burnt something. But they said they didn't and it was the building behind us," said Mariam Musa, who works at a restaurant just north of the strip mall. "So we went outside and all we see is a fire, fire just going up."
Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify the location of the strip mall.