Fire damages Antigoni's Pizza shed, firefighters stop larger loss in Brunswick

Firefighters kept a Sunday evening blaze from turning Antigoni's Pizza into a major loss on Bath Road in Brunswick, containing the damage to an outdoor storage shed and part of the roof that connected it to the restaurant.

The Brunswick Fire Department responded to the Cook’s Corner business shortly after 7 p.m. on May 18 after flames broke out outside the restaurant. Officials said the fire appears to have been limited to a shed used to store dry goods and to the roof section linking that structure to the main building at 232 Bath Road.

That distinction matters for a small restaurant in one of Brunswick’s busiest commercial corridors. A fire that stays in a shed can mean cleanup, inspections and repairs. A fire that reaches the kitchen, dining room or service areas can shut down a business for much longer and send losses far beyond the initial damage. In this case, the quick response appears to have kept the fire from reaching the interior of the restaurant.

No one was hurt, and the cause was accidental, the owners said. By the time details became clearer, the restaurant was already taking steps to get back up and running, a sign that the immediate disruption was expected to be contained to cleanup and repair work rather than a prolonged closure.

Antigoni's Pizza’s Brunswick location sits at 232 Bath Road in Cook’s Corner, where steady vehicle traffic and nearby businesses make any fire a concern well beyond one storefront. Even a fire that never reaches the dining room can affect takeout orders, staff scheduling, food storage and customer traffic if cleanup delays service. For nearby businesses in the area, the incident is a reminder that attached sheds, roof connections and exterior storage areas can become weak points when flames start outside a building.

Antigoni's Pizza also operates in Augusta, Lewiston, Turner and Scarborough, which may help the company absorb a short interruption in Brunswick. For the Cook’s Corner location, the immediate story was not a full-scale restaurant fire. It was a narrow miss, and the firefighters who arrived quickly kept it that way.