Some favorite places in Durango are toast today. Raw video from Sky 7 shows the destruction pretty clearly. This from KOAT:
"The city of Durango set up a relief fund called the 700 Main Disaster Relief Fund through the First National Bank of Durango. All the proceeds will go to the shop owners and employees of those businesses that were destroyed by the fire. If you would like to contribute, you can call 970-247-3020.
The
fire department said the blaze started at the Seasons restaurant on
Main Avenue around 1:30 p.m. Officials said the fire apparently started
in the kitchen of the restaurant then spread to adjacent businesses in
three more buildings, including the Le Rendezvous Cafe and the 1/2
Price Tees T-shirt shop. When the fire hit the fourth building, that building exploded."
Season's website photos and text about their theatrical grill is now a little sad and creepy.
The life of
a restaurant centers on its kitchen. With Seasons’ open kitchen, diners
are invited into the high-energy world of a restaurant kitchen in
action. The centerpiece is a wood-burning grill and rotisserie. Chef’s
Table seating provides a theatrical view of the culinary drama and the
atmosphere created radiates a contagious energy throughout the
restaurant. The dining room itself is bathed in warm tones of
terracotta and ocher with natural wood finishes and hand wrought light
fixtures.
And that beautiful wine cellar - toast too.
Lots of pictures and a story from the firefighter who got buried under bricks during the explosion at AccessDurango.com. Scary stuff. It really is a miracle that no one was killed or seriously injured.
Posted by: Access Durango | Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 05:56 PM