BANKS COUNTY, Ga. - A fire ripped through a fixture in one small Banks County community Monday morning, leaving the building destroyed and the community devastated.

Firefighters responded to Tiny Town Restaurant on Historic Homer Highway in Homer early Monday morning.

What we know:

Firefighters with Banks County Fire and the Homer Fire Department responded to the restaurant after 1 a.m. Monday morning.

Fire marshals have not ruled on the cause of the blaze, according to local news outlet Now Habersham .

Owner Sherrie McQueen said she believes it started near some electrical wiring, and the flames spread quickly through the old building.

"It was just wood through and through," McQueen said. "And when it lit up, it was gone."

The backstory:

For generations, it was considered a st

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