'Thank God everybody's safe.' Late-night fire destroys Darien business, heavily damages several others
Co-owners of Ilya Rafael Salon say they'll be closed for at least the next three months, but reopening could take up to a year.
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Fire officials in Darien are investigating a late-night fire that destroyed a photo lab and framing shop on Boston Post Road.
Fire Marshal Robert J. Buch says the fire happened at Big Shots just after midnight Friday.
No one was in the building at the time of the fire, and no injuries were reported, Buch says, but several neighboring businesses were also heavily damaged.
Co-owners of Ilya Rafael Salon say they'll be closed for at least the next three months, but reopening could take up to a year.
"We're hoping for good and to restore the place," co-owner Ilya Gavrielov says. "Thank god everybody's safe, but you have to move on, life is like that... you don't know what could happen tomorrow, and you have to deal with it."
Repair crews were on the scene Friday afternoon.
"We're still going to be strong," co-owner Rafael Gavrielov says. "We're going to try to come back as soon as possible and serve Darien and all of lower Fairfield County and do our best."
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
