Firefighters quickly extinguished a fire early this morning at Tarasco (1452 NW 70th St.)
Lt. Sue Stangl with the Seattle Fire Department says the owner, who lives above the restaurant, smelled smoke around 1 a.m. and called 911. He got out of the building without injuries.
The cause of the fire is overheated electrical wiring in the kitchen. Damage estimates include $5,000 in contents, $15,000 in structural damage. The upstairs apartment is still livable, Stangl says.