FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — For the second time in six months, the Arsaga's Coffee Roasters building on Dickson Street in Fayetteville has caught fire.
According to Fire Captain Andrew Horton, the Fayetteville Fire Department responded to the area of 330 North Greg St. in reference to a report of a house fire. Crews arrived to find the old Arsaga's building with heavy fire showing from the west side of the building.
Greg House, the owner of the building said that "It's unfortunate that we don't have a way to help the homeless people, so they don't feel like they need to build fires on what looks like abandoned property ... I'm going to have to visit with the city about them cordoning off the trail."
That side of the structure is along the Razorback Greenway Trail. Captain Horton said the fire was out just before 10 p.m.
Bryce Propst lives in Fayetteville and said he was at West End when he heard sirens outside. When he went outside with his group of friends, they noticed the Arsaga's building with what he explained as a huge fire engulfing the whole patio.
"It was crazy, I was expecting a peaceful Monday night and I wasn't expecting to see, you know, a huge fire raging outside," Propst recalled.
According to Captain Horton's statement, one person was transported to the hospital by medical responders but was in stable condition.
Captain Andrew Horton in a statement explained that "the fire was ruled accidental due to a warming fire by the individual that was transported."
The building was formally known as Arsaga’s at the Depot but closed in 2021. House said Cary Arsaga was in the process of moving back in.
"He's expressed interest in possibly coming back, but until we know how much it's going to cost neither one of us can decide what to do with that debt,” House said.
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