Franklin Barbeque smokehouse destroyed in fire

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The uber-popular Franklin Barbeque will be closed for an unknown amount of time after a fire destroyed the restaurant’s smokehouse early Saturday morning.
The Austin Fire Department says the fire started just before 5:30 a.m. after the wind blew an ember from the fire pit and it hit the backside of the building. When firefighters got there, there was heavy smoke coming from the backside of the building.
A cook who was working at the time called 911 to report the