Notice on the window and a sign that said, “The BEER IS OK!”
AN EARLY-MORNING blaze at a brewpub in Pacific Grove late last week caused property damage but did not injure anyone, officials said this week.
On Sept. 19 at about 2:20 a.m., Monterey Fire Department responded to an incident at Hops & Fog Brewing Co. at 511 Lighthouse Ave. The building has a residential apartment upstairs from the restaurant. An employee called 911 to report the fire.
Last fast-food place in PG.
Demolition of the Carl’s Jr. restaurant in Monterey that was destroyed by fire in April will begin in a couple of weeks, a city official said this week. At about 6:35 a.m. on April 3, a large blaze engulfed the fast-food eatery at 902 Lighthouse Ave., causing the building to collapse. Firefighters from numerous jurisdictions responded to the dramatic blaze, which did not injure anyone.
Add this to the list of hazards we are warned about at Forest Grove.
fire inside a Pacific Grove classroom Thursday morning caused by a lithium-ion-powered battery was prevented from spreading after a quick-thinking teacher used sand her students play with to put it out, the Monterey Fire Department said.
Firefighters were dispatched to Forest Grove Elementary School just before 10 a.m., while summer school was in session. Division Chief Justin Cooper said the origin of the fire was a portable voice amplifier, a device teachers use to boost their voices in the classroom
Whatever brings ’em in. Too bad the last fast-food place this side of the tunnel is gone.
The burned-out husk of the Carl’s Jr. building on the corner of Lighthouse and David avenues draws passersby with their phones out, snapping photos of the pile of rubble that neighbors the Pacific Grove Tourist Information Center and is a stone’s throw from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Monterey Fire Division Chief Justin Cooper says insurance investigators are still combing the property to try to determine the cause of the fire, which remains unknown. Due to the severity of the damage, the cause may never be discovered, but Cooper says it doesn’t appear the fire was set intentionally.
The Monterey Fire Department responded to reports of a commercial structure fire at 902 Lighthouse Ave. around 6:37 a.m. according to a press release from the City of Monterey. Fire crews arrived within five minutes to find smoke inside the fast-food restaurant, located at the corner of Lighthouse and David Avenues, a few blocks up from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Firefighters found flames spreading rapidly through the attic. As the fire intensified, crews switched to a defensive strategy and evacuated the structure due to concerns about a potential roof collapse.
The fire was eventually contained, but the damage was extensive. The roof and several walls collapsed, and officials have deemed the building a complete loss. A Monterey Fire engine and ladder truck will remain on-site to monitor for flare-ups.
House was empty.
The Feb. 23 structure fire began at about 2:10 p.m. at 133 Lighthouse Ave, near Eardley Avenue. Monterey Fire crews responded two-and-a-half minutes after dispatch notified the department and saw thick, gray smoke pouring from the roof vents and eaves of the single-story home. It took fire crews about 30 minutes to extinguish it.
The damage to the structure is estimated to be about $200,000, and another $40,000 in property loss, Monterey Fire Division Chief Justin Cooper told The Pine Cone. The cause is believed to be electrical in nature.
On May 26, a fire broke out at what’s known as the LaPorte Mansion at 1030 Lighthouse, severely damaging the five-bedroom, four-bathroom home, built in 1895. It appeared in Hollywood productions in the 1950s and 1970s but was in need of renovation. After the fire, the owner, Bill Turrentine, opted to tear it down.
A worker told The Pine Cone Thursday morning that the process of tearing down the home could begin Monday and that crews would likely be there all week cleaning up the remnants of the demolished home.
Don’t give Moe any ideas.
The conditions caused by the California wildfires that have affected a number of tourists visiting popular summer destinations like Wine Country and Yosemite have conversely led to a surge in visitors to Pacific Grove.
That’s according to Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce President Moe Ammar who said that in particular, the number of foreign visitors to America’s Last Hometown has nearly doubled this summer, according to statistics gathered from the town’s tourist information center.
“It’s very unfortunate what’s happened there but the fact that we don’t have any fires on the Monterey Peninsula is good for us,” said Ammar, who noted the cancellation of his own family’s upcoming trip to Yosemite.
Not a repeat of 1987.
Power has been restored to the more than 6,000 residents of Pacific Grove and unincorporated Monterey Peninsula who lost power after the incident, according to a Pacific Gas & Electric spokesperson.
The cause of the fire appears to be downed tree falling onto a utility pole, McCarthy adds, but that information could change as fire crews gather more information.
Highway 68 is currently closed from Skyline Forest Dr. into Pacific Grove.
Narrow street, lucky no homes caught fire.
A vehicle fire at 10 p.m. Sunday involving a 2000 Ford F-150 extended-cab pickup is being investigated as a possible arson, according to the Pacific Grove Police Department.
PG Police and Monterey Fire responded to the fire on the 200 block of Eighth Street in Pacific Grove and found the pick-up fully engulfed in flames.