Firefighters have been responding to a big hearth on the Oceanside pier Monday afternoon round 3:30 p.m., in accordance with a press release from the Oceanside Fireplace Division.
A livestream from KGTV in San Diego confirmed an enormous 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 avoid the rapid space,” the Oceanside Fireplace Division wrote on Facebook.
Jessica Waithe, operator of the Brine Field restaurant positioned on the finish of the pier, told the San Diego Union-Tribune that a number of staff have been working when the fireplace broke out, however all have been in a position to get away safely.
The pier, in-built 1887 and rebuilt 5 occasions since then, stretches for 1,942 ft, making it one of many longest picket piers on the West Coast.
Within the late Nineteen Seventies, a powerful 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.
