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Post by JS84 on Sept 19, 2024 13:07:43 GMT -5
www.wfla.com/news/florida/businesses-catch-fire-on-cedar-keys-iconic-dock-street/   CEDAR KEY, Fla. (WFLA) — Multiple businesses caught fire on Dock Street in Cedar Key early Thursday morning. According to a post on the Cedar Key Welcome Center’s Facebook page, Duncan’s on the Gulf, which has been closed since Hurricane Idalia in 2023, burnt down. The neighboring businesses, Steamers Bar and Grill and the Rusty Hook Bait Shop, were damaged, but the extent of that damage is not known. The fire broke out at around 5:15 a.m., according to WCJB-TV. The outlet spoke with Cedar Key Mayor Sue Colson, who said one of the businesses recently reported electrical issues. No injuries have been reported.
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Post by Tarpon65 on Sept 19, 2024 13:43:59 GMT -5
What a cool place, it's been a couple years since I visited there. Fortunately no one was hurt.
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Post by wynnv on Sept 19, 2024 14:19:50 GMT -5
My girlfriend sent me pictures and a video of this earlier. Cedar Key has been one of my favorite places to go for over 25 years. Coconuts and the Rusty Rim burnt down years ago. I have been to Duncans 3 or 4 times but couldn't tell you how many times I've been to Steamers or Frogs back in the day. What a shame.
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Post by swampdog on Sept 19, 2024 14:33:10 GMT -5
We’ve been there for a couple of getaways. I’m amazed it didn’t burn a lot more of those businesses up. Not entirely sure where the fire was, but if had gotten on that pier….
I took another look. It was on that pier. OMG that they contained it.
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Post by JS84 on Sept 19, 2024 15:38:06 GMT -5
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Post by conchydong on Sept 19, 2024 15:43:14 GMT -5
That sucks, Even if rebuilding is a option the new building codes make it extremely more expensive,
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Post by nikonoclast on Sept 19, 2024 15:47:17 GMT -5
Nice place to visit ... haven't been there since before covid ... relaxed pace.
( one thing wasn't relaxed then ... the price of real estate ... ouch! )
If the "government mandated pier" was to crumble, so much the better.
Worst fishing pier in the entere state thanks to the silted-in channel.
Not a bad walk, you can catch some sunshine there, but fish have gone missing.
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Post by wynnv on Sept 19, 2024 17:17:47 GMT -5
The video my girlfriend sent me showed a blazing fire. I'm really surprised they were able to contain it. All the wood framed structures with no fire walls between them. When Coconuts and the Rusty Rim burned, due to the more stringent building codes (like was mentioned) the owners couldn't afford to build them back.
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Post by wynnv on Sept 19, 2024 18:56:17 GMT -5
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Post by JS84 on Sept 19, 2024 19:12:54 GMT -5
It really is amazing they were able to stop it.
If it's not fraud, it's probably the best thing at could have happened to the owner considering. A shame to the neighboring businesses that were operating though.
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Post by wynnv on Sept 19, 2024 19:25:38 GMT -5
Having the fire station about 200 yards away definitely helped.
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