A 4-ALARM FIRE DURING THE SATURDAY SHOPPING TIME destroyed a Walnut Creek, California, lumber yard and home improvement center.
Contra Costa Times
The fire was discovered around 1:30 pm when an explosion-like sound was heard and fire broke through the building housing the Piedmont Lumber Co. warehouse. The business is located on N. Main St. near the city center. The spectacular blaze brought traffic to a halt in the entire downtown area as streets were shut down to allow for the FD operations.
The fire spread into the showroom area and destroyed that as well. Ir was five hours before the fire was completely knocked down.
CBS5
No estimates have been released yet on damages. Piedmont has three other locations including a trade-only store in Pittsburg that also had a major fire this past August.
The Contra Costa Times has the STORY.
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