KINGSTON – Kingston firefighters made a quick save when a portion of the roof of the Hoffman House on North Front Street caught fire on Friday. The 10:40 a.m. fire was contained within 15 minutes.
When firefighters arrived on the scene, they found a section of the wooden shingle roof aflame.
Fire Chief Mark Brown said the cause of the fire was embers from the stone fireplace, which ignited the roof.
The restaurant, which has been in operation since 1977, is housed in a pre-Revolutionary War stone house. The restaurant was able to open for lunch.
Damage was confined to the roof. The restaurant was able to reopen for lunch, albeit a bit late.
