He said because of the warm weather, he wanted to have enough personnel to rotate. Firefighters called for a second alarm, and fire units from Huber Heights, Fairborn, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Beavercreek responded.
Tesarz said the building is a total loss, and the state fire marshal has been called to investigate.
Crystal Allen lives one door away from the bar.
"I woke up and there was flashing lights, she said. "I came around the corner, I saw the place was fully engulfed in flames."
"We see police and fire here quite a bit" she added.
Allen said that Hank's is a "biker bar" and added there have been problems in the past.
She admitted that the flames scared her.
"The flames scared me so badly I ran back to my house to decide what I was going to grab out of my home" she said.
She decided to save her animals.
In describing the fire, she admitted it was "definitely scary...absolutely frightening."