Late Thursday night, first responders were called to a structure fire at the Grand Panda restaurant in Newhall, and are now looking into the the root cause of the blaze.

Firefighters were initially called to a report of a commercial structure fire on the outside of the one-story restaurant located on the 23800 block of Lyons Avenue shortly after 10 p.m. on Thursday night, according to officials.

Although knockdown took only 10 minutes once first responders had received the preliminary call, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials are now investigating a report of potential arson at the Newhall restaurant.

Officials with the LASD Arson and Explosives unit confirmed Friday they were investigating the fire as a suspected arson, but declined to provide additional details.

Anybody with information about the fire is encouraged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department at 323-881-7500.

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