Micha's reopened a year ago: Here's a look at the fire that caused the eatery's closure
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A fire severely damaged Micha's Fine Mexican Foods restaurant in South Tucson on April 14, 2018. Micha's has sat at the south end of South Fourth Avenue for more than 30 years.
The restaurant, located atΒ 2908 S. 4th Ave.,Β officially reopened on Dec. 5, 2018.Β
Here's a look at the fire and Micha's through the years.Β
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Tucson Fire Dept. ladder trucks pour water on the roof during a fire at Micha's Fine Mexican Food in South Tucson early Saturday, April 14, 2018.
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A Tucson Fire Dept. ladder truck pours water on the roof at Micha's Fine Mexican Food in South Tucson early Saturday, April 14, 2018.
Tucson Fire Dept.Fire at Micha's Restaurant
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Tucson Fire Department ladder trucks pour thousands of gallons on the roof of Micha's Fine Mexican Food in South Tucson early Saturday, April 14, 2018.
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The crew of Tucson Fire Ladder 10 walk through the debris in the parking lot after a fire at Micha's Fine Mexican Food in South Tucson early Saturday, April 14, 2018.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily StarFire at Micha's Fine Mexican Food
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Debris in the parking lot after a fire at Micha's Fine Mexican Food in South Tucson early Saturday, April 14, 2018.
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The crew of Tucson Fire Ladder 10 look at damage to the roof after a fire at Micha's Fine Mexican Food in South Tucson early Saturday, April 14, 2018.
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Tucson firefighters from TFD Ladder 10, one of the closest TFD stations to South Tucson, look at the damage to the roof after a fire at Micha's Fine Mexican Food in South Tucson early Saturday, April 14, 2018.
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Danny Pollanes, who worked at Michas's periodically to help clean up and water, gazes at the debris in the parking lot after a fire at Micha's Fine Mexican Food in South Tucson early Saturday, April 14, 2018.
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Gilbert Mariscal reads the paper as customers file in at Micha's restaurant. Gilbert is the oldest son Gilbert and Artemisa Mariscal, who founded the restaurant in 1976.
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Carey Lacey of Tucson laughs with some friends at Micha's Restaraunt on South Fourth Ave., after taking a tour of South Tucson in 2000. Lacey was one of about 30 kids to participate in the Catalina Foothills School District's Spanish Camp.
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George Gomez cleans a shrine area honoring Micha's founders Gilbert and Artemisa Mariscal. Customers have added other religious symbols of their own throughout the years.
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Cook Lupita Dominguez prepares an e-mailed food order at Micha's Restaurant, 2908 South Fourth Ave. in 2006. Dominguez had been with the restaurant for 17 years.
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Gilbert and Artemisa "Micha" Mariscal, front, founders of Micha's in front of the original restaurant in South Tucson with family members and workers in 1983.
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Gilbert Mariscal, left, owner of Michas's, and South Tucson Mayor Enrique Serna in front of Micha's Fine Mexican Foods in South Tucson just after an extensive expansion in 1984.
Bruce McClelland / Arizona Daily StarAs featured on
Multiple posts on social media at about midnight Friday into Saturday showed a fire at a popular restaurant in South Tucson, Micha's Fine Mexican Food.
The longtime South Tucson restaurant is hosting a dance to help out displaced Micha's employees
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