Livermore Ramirez Market Sustains $300,000 in Damage After Morning Fire, a Total Loss

The fire was first reported at 4:07 a.m. near First and Maples streets, according to fire officials.





By Autumn Johnson (Patch Staff) - August 27, 2016 3:49 pm ET
 
LIVERMORE, CA — A fire that broke out at the downtown Ramirez Livermore market early this morning caused an estimated $300,000 in damage, fire officials said.

The fire was first reported at 4:07 a.m. near First and Maples streets, according to fire officials.
Upon arrival, firefighters saw smoke coming from the roof of a strip mall at the location. Firefighters were then able to locate the fire at the far left of the building, where a market is located at 124 Maple Street.

The fire extended into the attic area of the market, threatening the businesses next door, fire officials said.
After clearing a storage area, firefighters were able to gain access to the fire. Around 5 a.m., firefighters had brought the blaze under control, according to fire officials.

While the market sustained heavy smoke and fire damage, neighboring businesses only sustained minor damage, fire officials said. The market has been closed while the cause of the fire remains
under investigation.

Update by Bay City News

Photo courtesy Livermore-Pleasanton Fire BC
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Original story:

Firefighters have been working to knock down a structure fire in Livermore Saturday morning.

The blaze was reported in the 100 block of Maple Street just after 4 a.m., according to the Pulsepoint phone application.

Livermore-Pleasanton Fire officials have not yet been reached for comment. No other information was currently available.


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Livermore: Family-run market a 'total loss' after one-alarm fire

By Erin Baldassari, ebaldassari@bayareanewsgroup.com

Posted:   08/27/2016 10:42:27 AM PDT | Updated:   about 6 hours ago

Firefighters doused a one-alarm blaze at Ramirez Market in Livermore early in the morning on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016. (Courtesy of Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department)

 

 

LIVERMORE -- A family-run market was destroyed in a one-alarm fire early Saturday, an official with the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department said.

Firefighters responded shortly after 4 a.m. to a report of a fire at Ramirez Market, which is located inside a strip mall on the corner of First and Maple streets, said Battalion Chief Michael Miller.

 

 

Miller said the fire began in a back room and spread throughout the store and attic

 

Firefighters had trouble accessing the site because the shop owners move some inventory from outside into the market each night, he said.

Fire crews were able to extinguish the blaze by 5 a.m., and Miller said the crews were able to keep it from spreading to the adjacent ice cream store and restaurant.

 

 

He estimated the market sustained around $300,000 in damage and described it as a "total loss."

 

 

"It's a family business, and I don't think they'll be able to recover from this," Miller said. "My understanding is that they don't have insurance."

No one was inside the building at the time of the fire, and Miller said no firefighters were injured in the blaze.

 

 

The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but Miller said it is not considered suspicious.