Cause undetermined on fire that did $2 million in damage to vacant east Salem Shari’s
A fire that seriously damaged the shuttered Shari’s restaurant in southeast Salem last month started outside the building, but investigators couldn’t conclusively determine what caused it.
The blaze could have been started by people throwing used cigarettes into bushes outside the building, or started deliberately by one of the people living in RVs around the structure, Salem Deputy Fire Marshal Sara Roth concluded in an Aug. 14 report.
She ruled out electrical issues or…
