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Miguel Guzman said it only took minutes for his life to change on Saturday night.
"This is my livelihood," he said. "It feels like I'm in a nightmare."
The tiki hut on the outside of his restaurant Mamajuana Cafe Tampa went up in flames. The two-alarm fire was suppressed within 25 minutes, officials said. Hillsborough County Fire Rescue could see the flames from the Veteran Expressway as they headed to the scene.
Live entertainment and music were often specialties for guests both at the hut and inside the restaurant, combined with cuisines rich with flavors from South America and the Caribbean.
"We usually have about 100 covers an hour on Saturday nights. It gets really busy," Guzman said.
However, the business is forced to temporarily close while Guzman scrambles to rebuild.
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