Blaze burns down the former Anthony’s Cummaquid Inn

A dispatcher confirmed Sunday evening that the Yarmouth Fire Department was battling a large fire at a long-vacant restaurant on Route 6A in Yarmouth Port.

The dispatcher, who declined to give his name, said the cause of the fire was not yet known. He said the department received a report of the fire just before 6:30 p.m. Nearly three hours later, crews remained on the scene of the fire and no further details were immediately available.

Videos and photos posted on social media showed huge orange flames and clouds of smoke rising into the sky above the destroyed wooden building, while firefighters monitored and extinguished the remains of the structure.