Jay Grey couldn’t get any sleep on Saturday night.

A fire had broken out at @ The Common located at 17 Mechanic St. in Worcester amid a major storm that afternoon.

Two of his businesses in the building, Odd By Worcester Brewing and the ramen restaurant Broth, were affected by the chaos, sustaining water damage from the sprinkler system and from firefighters working to extinguish the blaze.

Now, both businesses and the entire mall are closed, according to Grey.

“It’s a tremendous loss that I can’t even describe,” Grey said.

The Worcester Fire Department received a call at 4:43 p.m. about smoke inside @ The Common, according to Assistant Fire Chief Adam Roche.

When firefighters arrived and entered the building, they discovered an active fire in the ceiling. It took firefighters 15 to

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