Fire on Lotus Street

Frank Gormlie October 20, 2009 1 Comment 0 Likes 410 Views

Fire oct 09 - 01-sm — Burning house in OB. All photos by Jim Grant.

OCEAN BEACH, CA. On Sunday, October 18th, a fire broke out in an Ocean Beach garage and then damaged the nearby house and a boat. It all happened before noon on Lotus Street, near Ebers. The fire forced one person out of their home.

Our friend and local photographer Jim Grant arrived at the scene and took pics. Jim also told us gas welding equipment was in the storage area…and a boat with a gas tank made this a little scary scene.

SignonSanDiego reported that:

The fire was extinguished at 11:30 a.m. Firefighters remained at the location because of concerns about hazardous materials that may have been in the garage, the dispatcher said.

Damage to the garage and the home was estimated at $150,000. The boat, which was inside the garage, sustained $6,000 in damage.

The cause of the fire has not been determined.

Author: Frank Gormlie

A former lawyer and current grassroots activist, I have been editing the Rag since Patty Jones and I launched it in Oct 2007. Way back during the Dinosaurs in 1970, I founded the original Ocean Beach People’s Rag - OB’s famous underground newspaper -, and then later during the early Eighties, published The Whole Damn Pie Shop, a progressive alternative to the Reader.