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patgund ([personal profile] patgund) wrote2006-02-19 02:38 pm

Oh No!!!

This was one of my favourite used bookstores in San Diego too.....

Fire damages landmark bookstore in S.D.

"A landmark bookstore and two other downtown San Diego businesses were heavily damaged in a fire yesterday that sent thick, brown smoke pouring onto Broadway in the middle of the day.

The fire apparently started in a back room on the first floor of 70-year-old Wahrenbrock's Book House, igniting hundreds of books, newspapers, maps and posters stacked floor to ceiling. It quickly spread smoke to Cleo's Hair Gallery and Superfly Custom Tattoo & Pro.

“There were 8-foot flames inside,” said Chris Halpin, 28, a chef at Hillcrest Sushi Itto who was shopping in Wahrenbrock's for a sushi book."