“We can no longer get that chicken…”: The only grocery store in Frisco City burns down

FRISCO CITY, Ala. ( WKRG ) — Regulars of Chandler’s grocery store in Frisco City poured into the parking lot all day Saturday to see what was left of their only grocery store.

After it was destroyed in a fire Friday night.

“Next thing I know, the fire goes up into the air and you just hear a boom, and debris was falling down,” Jacob Chabers recalled.

Chabers watched the store go up into flames sitting across the street.

Frisco City Fire Department tells us that they received a call just after 8 p.m. that there was a fire in the south end of the store. Initially, they thought it was contained but the flames began to spread.

Ten different fire departments worked to put out the fire till about 2 a.m.

Customers tell News 5 that the grocery store was a staple to their community.

“This is a tragedy,” Frederick Thomas said.

“It’s more than just a grocery store to me and my kids, they treated us like family they knew us by name,” Laporsha Denson explained.

“We were very close to them,” Walker Wright said.

But customers didn’t just come for the comradery, Chandler’s was famous for their deli and more specifically their chicken.

“Ya know, 10:15 you can probably hardly get in the parking lot because they’re ready for that chicken,” Thamas said.

“Just knowing that we can no longer get that chicken is just really hurtful,” Denson said.

The owner of Chandlers tells News 5 that they do plan to eventually rebuild.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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