Published: 7/19/2021

THE ICONIC TENNESSEAN TRUCK STOP AND RESTAURANT OFF INTERSTATE 65 NEAR CORNERSVILLE TN CAUGHT ON FIRE EARLY ON MONDAY MORNING. EMERGENCY CREWS WERE QUICKLY ON SCENE TO FIGHT THE FIRE CAUSING TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS AND DELAYS WHILE TRAFFIC WAS DIVERTED FROM HIGHWAY 31 A TO INTERSTATE 65. ACCORDING TO MEDIA SOURCES AND OWNER GREGORY SACHS, HE GOT THE CALL AROUND 5:30 AM THIS (MONDAY) MORNING AND UPON ARRIVAL WAS ABLE TO SAFELY SHUT OFF ALL GASOLINE AND DIESEL PUMPS. THE FIRE SEEMS TO HAVE ORIGINATED IN THE KITCHEN WHEN THE BROILER WAS TURNED ON DURING MORNING PREP. SACHS SAID RESTAURANT PORTION OF THE BUILDING IS DESTROYED AND THE CEILING HAS CAVED IN. THE TENNESSEAN RESTAURANT IS LIKELY A TOTAL LOSS. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. WKSR IS FOLLOWING THE STORY.