9 businesses destroyed in Mesa strip mall fire

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Mike Sakal

Granite Reef fire

A fire gutted the Granite Reef Plaza at 6350 E. Main St. in Mesa on Sunday, causing nine of 10 businesses to close at the location and the evacuation of a nearby neighborhood. Mesa fire investigators are continuing to look into the cause of the fire. (Mike Sakal/Tribune)

Mike Sakal

Granite Reef fire

Dee Abel, owner of Abel Clock Co. at Granite Reef Plaza in east Mesa was boxing some items up from his family business that originally opened in St. Louis in 1884. Abel Clock Co. sustained heavy smoke and fire damage and Abel is not sure if he’ll re-open at this time. (Mike Sakal/Tribune)

Mike Sakal

Granite Reef fire

A fire gutted the Granite Reef Plaza at 6350 E. Main St. in Mesa on Sunday, causing nine of 10 businesses to close at the location and the evacuation of a nearby neighborhood. Mesa fire investigators are continuing to look into the cause of the fire. (Mike Sakal/Tribune)

Mike Sakal

Granite Reef fire

Nubia Saldana works out of the back of her car for Gold Rush Coin and Watch after a fire destroyed the section of the Granite Reef Plaza on Sunday where she works.  (Mike Sakal/Tribune)

Mike Sakal

Granite Reef fire

The back area of the Granit Reef Plaza at 6350 E. Main St. in Mesa. Fire investigators are looking into the cause of the blaze which destroyed the plaza, causing nine businesses to close and a nearby neighborhood to be evacuated. (Mike Sakal/Tribune)

Mike Sakal

Granite Reef fire

Karen Shellberg, owner of Main Street Grooming (far left), Cynthia Yarnell, owner of from Hair to Eternity salon (center) and Shellberg’s husband, John Direnzo, survey the damage caused by a fire at the Granite Reef Plaza in east Mesa. (Mike Sakal/Tribune)