Firefighters have been responding to a big hearth on the Oceanside pier Monday afternoon round 3:30 p.m., based on an announcement from the Oceanside Hearth Division.
A livestream from KGTV in San Diego confirmed a large smoke plume emanating from the top of the pier.
It was unclear whether or not anybody was injured or when the blaze can be contained.
“We’re asking all residents to please keep away from the rapid space,” the Oceanside Hearth Division wrote on Fb.
Jessica Waithe, operator of the Brine Field restaurant positioned on the finish of the pier, instructed the San Diego Union-Tribune that a number of staff have been working when the hearth broke out, however all have been capable of get away safely.
The pier, in-built 1887 and rebuilt 5 occasions since then, stretches for 1,942 toes, making it one of many longest wood piers on the West Coast.
Within the late Nineteen Seventies, a robust winter storm whipped up waves that swept a 560-foot chunk of the pier — together with a bait store and restaurant — out to sea. In the course of the winter of 1982-83, the ocean struck once more, damaging the growing older construction and leaving a 110-foot-long part standing as an odd-looking island.
