Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Frankfort, KY – Fire at Johnny Carino’s restaurant kept in check by sprinkler system August 14, 2017 viking210 A west Frankfort restaurant experienced a small fire early Wednesday morning. Frankfort Fire and EMS responded to an automated alarm for sprinkler system activation at Johnny Carino’s at 12:25 a.m. Wednesday, interim Fire Chief Wayne Briscoe said. Firefighters found smoke and a little fire coming from the eave of an area on the roof, Briscoe said. A neon sign on a wall had electrical components that appeared to have malfunctioned, causing the fire and the sprinkler system to activate. Briscoe said structural damage due to the fire was minor and the majority of the damage resulted from the sprinkler system. Nobody was at the restaurant at the time of the fire and there were no injuries.
