Kemah Boardwalk, Houston's premier family waterfront destination, is open for business, according to a statement released this evening by Landry's Restaurants.   The 11th annual Rock the Dock summer concert series is on schedule for this evening and the summer fireworks display will take place at its original time every Friday night.    

 Earlier today an electrical transformer located adjacent to The Original Joe's Crab Shack ignited.  When an incident like this occurs, our primary concern is always for the safety of our customers and employees.  The restaurant was promptly evacuated and no one was injured.  The fire department immediately responded and extinguished the fire.  There is no damage to the interior of the restaurant. 

All of the Kemah Boardwalk restaurants are open for business except for The Original Joe's Crab Shack, which we plan to re-open tomorrow.

UPDATE:  It is now being reported that an electric power transformer mounted on a utility police near Joe's Crab Shack, blew up causing a termination of electric service for an area of Kemah.

Quick action by the Kemah Fire Department is said now to have prevented a fire in the two restaurants, however, employees and patron were evacuated as firefighters from Seabrook and League City responded to assist Kemah firefighters.

There are not reports of damage or injuries.

4:41PM

KEMAH, Texas -- Kemah officials evacuated customers at the Kemah Boardwalk after a transformer sparked a fire at Joe's Crab Shack. Two restaurants were evacuated  after the fire broke out.

Both Joe's Crab Shack and the Cadillac Bar were evacuated as a.

The fire broke out around 2:43 p.m. Thursday and is still burning.

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2:26PM