A small fire Monday in the Java Hut in Squire Village Plaza on Route 116 was quickly contained and extinguished before any severe damage occurred.But the gourmet coffee and sandwich shop that opened in the plaza 10 years ago will be closed for a couple of days.

Firefighter James Bernier said the fire began around noon in the stove area of the kitchen and went up a wall. "We stopped it before it went up into the rafters," he said.

Bernier said the cause of the fire had not been determined.

Firefighters from South Deerfield and Amherst also responded to the blaze.

Owner Sean Pierce said that there was no structural damage and he expects to be open again in a day or two. "Most of it was contained by a fire extinguisher," Pierce said.

A customer first noticed the smoke coming out of the kitchen just before the fire alarms went off, Pierce said.

Shop manager Daniel Braman said he managed to contain the flames until firefighters arrived. "I had to go in three times to keep it contained," Braman said.

"I've never seen a volunteer fire department respond as quick as this one," said Braman, who has worked in other departments as a volunteer.

Cris Carl can be reached at ccarl@gazettenet.com.