Atlanta Restaurant With Collapsed Roof 'Closed Until Further Notice'

ATLANTA, GA -- Days after the roof collapsed at a popular Atlanta eatery, the restaurant announced that it will be closed for repairs. The roof of Blu Cantina in Castleberry Hill collapsed Monday night, injuring six people.

Two days after the incident, police tape still lined the eatery and debris from the roof was strewn about in front of the establishment, which is located at 257 Peters Street in Atlanta. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

The restaurant said it will be shut down for the forseeable future, but it is too early to tell if the owners will rebuild. Read more: Roof falls at Blu Cantina

"Blu Cantina is closed until further notice," the restaurant said on its Facebook page. "Thank you to our patrons and supporters for your prayers and words of encouragement. We look forward to reopening our doors soon. Until then.... #blucantina."

Public safety officials are looking into whether the inclement weather -- sheets of rain cloaked parts of downtown and Midtown Atlanta for about 30 minutes Monday night -- played a part in the roof's collapse.

Although six people were hurt, four were taken to the hospital, Atlanta fire officials said.

Tiara James, a customer inside the restaurant at the time, said that things were normal until the abrupt commotion caused a near panic.

"Out of nowhere, the roof collapsed,” she told WSB-TV. “I honestly thought that (the restaurant) was getting shot up, so I was ducking and diving like trying to get over stuff, like, 'Is everything OK?'"

A man who was hospitalized suffered a possible head injury, Atlanta fire spokesman Cortez Stanford said, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

"One person, a male, was injured more severely than the other individuals,” he was quoted as saying. “That person was conscious and alert, but they did possibly have a head injury."

While officials have not said what the cause of the roof collapse is, they suspect heavy rain. “We are thinking that possibly had something to do with the roof collapse,” Stafford told WAGA-TV. “Sometimes flat roofs accumulate a good [amount] water if there's not enough drainage, or if there's a heavy amount of water and that just accumulates and the drainage can't handle it.”

The restaurant has been closed until further notice.

Image via Craig Johnson / Patch