---Updated Feb. 15 at 2:30 p.m.---

While the fire at Corner Bakery Cafe at 941 N. Central Expressway is now out, the building is a total loss, Capt. Peggy Harrell, Plano Fire-Rescue PIO, said in an email.

The cause of the fire is yet to be determined but nothing suspicious was noted, Harrell said.

---Original story posted Feb. 15 at 10:58 a.m.---

A Plano Corner Bakery Cafe at 941 N. Central Expressway has sustained substantial damage from an early morning fire, which also forced the temporary closure of an adjacent IHOP due to heavy smoke.

Early this morning, a call to Plano 911 came in reporting a structure fire at Corner Bakery Cafe, 941 N. Central Expressway, Plano. The fire was still ongoing as of 10 a.m.



The first call came in through an alarm in the restaurant around 4:35 a.m., and later IHOP employees called in the fire when they saw smoke, Capt. Peggy Harrell, Plano Fire-Rescue PIO, said in an email.

“First arriving fire crews found heavy smoke and fire coming from the building and entered to fight the fire,” she said. “After about 30 minutes of fighting the fire, crews were pulled from the inside and fought the fire defensively from the outside.”

No one was in the building during the fire, Harrell said.

The cause of the fire has not yet been determined but investigators are on scene beginning to gather information, Harrell said.