Good Morning Everyone.

Happy Thursday Cany, JBF & NYA!!! Hope everyone has a great, healthy & safe day!!

No more lighthouse images!!! Yes, the "internet was down" yesterday, but that was because the building that housed the webcam was BURNT to the ground!! Damn shame because besides the "intel" it supplied, there was a nice restaurant in there.

The weather station still works because it is part of the lighthouse complex, BUT I've now lost my visibility and swell eyes. Obviously being on a river I can't gauge ocean swells and often the fog I see is not the same on the ocean. Oh well, just means I may be turning the boat around when I get out of the river...

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Here's a photo of the only thing standing after the fire. The lighthouse webcam was in the left window. The gift shop and restaurant is the rubble to the right. The "standing" building wall is just about all that's there, it's total toast and the backside is just ashes...

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Here's the local newspaper report:

The Sea Gull Shop, the iconic gift shop and oceanside restaurant at Pemaquid Point, was destroyed in a fire early Wednesday, Sept. 9.

The Lincoln County Communications Center dispatched the Bristol Fire Department to the fire shortly after midnight.

Bristol Fire Chief Paul Leeman Jr. said the shop, which consists of a main building and two smaller outbuildings, was effectively destroyed. One of the buildings is still standing, but is badly damaged.

Firefighters worked to shield a neighboring house on the north from catching fire using a water curtain.

Leeman said some dormers on the house caught fire, but that fire was extinguished. He said he will eventually peel back the dormers to check for heat.

Leeman said firefighters were able to knock down and contain the fire in the Sea Gull Shop buildings in about 40 minutes, working carefully to allow a propane and oil tank to gradually release fuel.

Leeman and another firefighter entered the building to save two Native American statues.

The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office investigated and declared the fire “accidental” and the cause “undetermined,” according to Leeman.

Leeman said there were reports of fireworks in the area, but he is not sure if they were set off in the immediate vicinity of the shop.

 
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