explosion at pummarola restaurant

jeevers · 05-20-2005

@ 5 am today 5/20/05 we were awakened by 2 loud explosions
i rushed outside and saw 10-15 foot flames coming from our gas canister area
i went outside and other neighbors were coming out to see what happened
then we saw that flames were pouring out of the windows of pummarola restaurant
people started getting garbage cans full of water from the pool and pouring it threw the blown out windows of the restaurant
someone else hooked up a garden hose and began squirting water into the fire we basically had put the fires out by the time the bomberos got there @ 20 minutes later
after the fire was out we began examining the scene
the front back and side doors were completely blown away from the building as well as most windows
there is glass everywhere
one of the waiters who lives in an apt adjacent to the restaurant was blown out of bed by the explosion
hje thought his apt had been hit by a plane
his windows and doors are all gone but there was no flame so he is unhurt except for ringing of the ears
his apt is a wreck so we are letting him stay in our extra almost finished palapa apt
the fire people were investigating and noticed that it looked like the back door had been jimmied open before the fire and explosions so they are suspicious
they will rebuild and reopen asap
all in all everyone is ok -no injuries and the stink of the fire is almost gone with all the windows open
im hoping for a breezy day
i must say i was not impressed by the bomberos response time-we basically had to put it out ourselves

traci · 05-20-2005

WOW!! What a way to be woken up, Eh?? Literally being blown out of bed

Thank GOD no one was hurt! Things can be replaced, but lives can't

Thanks for keeping all of us updated on what's going on down there!!

NorthMinnesota · 05-20-2005

OMG! Hope everyone is ok! It's good to know that all pitched in to help put the fire out.

angelhouston819 · 05-20-2005

i am so glad that no one was hurt. i just tried this restaurant while i was in playa last month and really loved the food(awesome penne arribiata and pizza)/atmosphere. andy766 and his group took us there on our last night. i do hope that they are able to rebuild and open asap.

A'

shiantry · 05-20-2005

....

for the ones who helped to make the fire go out....Good to hear no one is hurt...

I can imagine how hard the blast mast be when you are in deep sleep...pfff
In Egypt the boiler of one of the appartments next door explode...we were just dinning at the pool (lucky us), because the whole frond of the dubbel appartments whas gone...We thought it was a bomb

because of The Irak war who had just started...

In September we are going to eat there to

lets bring some money and rebuild the place

BeachyKeen · 05-20-2005

You were so lucky that noone was hurt. I'm so glad your quick thinking helped you put the fire out. Does this mean you are now an unofficial bomberos?

suzeq · 05-20-2005

Wow! Where is this restaurant in PDC?

jeevers · 05-20-2005

update 10;30 am

they sent in a swat team with dump truck
cleaned up the place
ripped down a wall
threw out pots pans silverware food etc
hosed the place down

you would never know what had happened just a few hours ago

AMAZING

Colorado · 05-25-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by suzeq

Wow! Where is this restaurant in PDC?

It's up north off calle38 I believe AND THEN RIGHT ON THE BEACH. Correct me If I'm wrong Andy or Angel....Wondeful place!

suzeq · 05-25-2005

I thought it sounded familiar. We're staying right by it next month. Glad everyone was ok. Scary!

jeevers · 05-26-2005

its located on flamingo between 40 and 42

its a block from the beach

Colorado · 05-26-2005

Thanks jeevers. I knew I was close.

Pipermurphy · 05-27-2005

Hey Colorado, I guess we be neighbors, we live in Bailey. Are you near the lake or 70?
I bet Little Bear is packed this weekend.

Colorado · 05-28-2005

I'm livin g in a high rise on 16th and Larimer now. ARGHHHHH.......Yes I lived off the lake for almost 10 years. The bear will be a zoo as usual. Good thing about downtown is everyone split for the weekend to go to the hills. Ha ha. I was living in TELLURIDE BEFORE I CAME DOWN HERE. Total shock. I'm going out of my gourde but got a great place. Prob move after this summer. I'm either going back by Telluride or just packing it up and going to Playa. I just need to save a little more money up. I know...I KNOW I can make it down there. So do they got a 6 laner yet up there by Bailey? I haven't been up 285 for a while.

Pipermurphy · 05-30-2005

Its 4 lanes to Conifer, then on and off the rest of the way. There was talk of 4 lanes all the way to Fairplay, who knows with the states money whoas.
We were in Ouray last summer for Jeeping trip and Telluride was an awesome place, the top is big $$, but nice in the off season, good biking.

05-20-2005	#1 (permalink)
jeevers beachaholic Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 409	explosion at pummarola restaurant @ 5 am today 5/20/05 we were awakened by 2 loud explosions i rushed outside and saw 10-15 foot flames coming from our gas canister area i went outside and other neighbors were coming out to see what happened then we saw that flames were pouring out of the windows of pummarola restaurant people started getting garbage cans full of water from the pool and pouring it threw the blown out windows of the restaurant someone else hooked up a garden hose and began squirting water into the fire we basically had put the fires out by the time the bomberos got there @ 20 minutes later after the fire was out we began examining the scene the front back and side doors were completely blown away from the building as well as most windows there is glass everywhere one of the waiters who lives in an apt adjacent to the restaurant was blown out of bed by the explosion hje thought his apt had been hit by a plane his windows and doors are all gone but there was no flame so he is unhurt except for ringing of the ears his apt is a wreck so we are letting him stay in our extra almost finished palapa apt the fire people were investigating and noticed that it looked like the back door had been jimmied open before the fire and explosions so they are suspicious they will rebuild and reopen asap all in all everyone is ok -no injuries and the stink of the fire is almost gone with all the windows open im hoping for a breezy day i must say i was not impressed by the bomberos response time-we basically had to put it out ourselves

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jeevers beachaholic Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 409	update 10;30 am they sent in a swat team with dump truck cleaned up the place ripped down a wall threw out pots pans silverware food etc hosed the place down you would never know what had happened just a few hours ago AMAZING Last edited by jeevers : 05-20-2005 at 01:13 PM.

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05-20-2005	#2 (permalink)
traci añejo Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Spring Texas Posts: 2,449	WOW!! What a way to be woken up, Eh?? Literally being blown out of bed Thank GOD no one was hurt! Things can be replaced, but lives can't Thanks for keeping all of us updated on what's going on down there!!

05-20-2005	#3 (permalink)
NorthMinnesota añejo Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 5,599	OMG! Hope everyone is ok! It's good to know that all pitched in to help put the fire out.

05-20-2005	#4 (permalink)
angelhouston819 añejo Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Tyler, Texas Posts: 4,666	i am so glad that no one was hurt. i just tried this restaurant while i was in playa last month and really loved the food(awesome penne arribiata and pizza)/atmosphere. andy766 and his group took us there on our last night. i do hope that they are able to rebuild and open asap. A'

05-20-2005	#5 (permalink)
shiantry reposado Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: moved to the beach Posts: 1,073	.... for the ones who helped to make the fire go out....Good to hear no one is hurt... I can imagine how hard the blast mast be when you are in deep sleep...pfff In Egypt the boiler of one of the appartments next door explode...we were just dinning at the pool (lucky us), because the whole frond of the dubbel appartments whas gone...We thought it was a bomb because of The Irak war who had just started... In September we are going to eat there to lets bring some money and rebuild the place

05-20-2005	#6 (permalink)
BeachyKeen beachaholic Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bloomington, MN Posts: 485	You were so lucky that noone was hurt. I'm so glad your quick thinking helped you put the fire out. Does this mean you are now an unofficial bomberos?

05-20-2005	#7 (permalink)
suzeq life=playa Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: colorado Posts: 819	Wow! Where is this restaurant in PDC?

05-25-2005	#10 (permalink)
suzeq life=playa Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: colorado Posts: 819	I thought it sounded familiar. We're staying right by it next month. Glad everyone was ok. Scary!

05-26-2005	#11 (permalink)
jeevers beachaholic Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 409	its located on flamingo between 40 and 42 its a block from the beach

05-26-2005	#12 (permalink)
Colorado into ruins Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Evergreen, Colorado Posts: 73	Thanks jeevers. I knew I was close.

05-27-2005	#13 (permalink)
Pipermurphy beachaholic Join Date: May 2005 Location: SW of Denver@9000ft Posts: 386	Hey Colorado, I guess we be neighbors, we live in Bailey. Are you near the lake or 70? I bet Little Bear is packed this weekend.

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05-28-2005	#14 (permalink)
Colorado into ruins Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Evergreen, Colorado Posts: 73	I'm livin g in a high rise on 16th and Larimer now. ARGHHHHH.......Yes I lived off the lake for almost 10 years. The bear will be a zoo as usual. Good thing about downtown is everyone split for the weekend to go to the hills. Ha ha. I was living in TELLURIDE BEFORE I CAME DOWN HERE. Total shock. I'm going out of my gourde but got a great place. Prob move after this summer. I'm either going back by Telluride or just packing it up and going to Playa. I just need to save a little more money up. I know...I KNOW I can make it down there. So do they got a 6 laner yet up there by Bailey? I haven't been up 285 for a while.

05-30-2005	#15 (permalink)
Pipermurphy beachaholic Join Date: May 2005 Location: SW of Denver@9000ft Posts: 386	Its 4 lanes to Conifer, then on and off the rest of the way. There was talk of 4 lanes all the way to Fairplay, who knows with the states money whoas. We were in Ouray last summer for Jeeping trip and Telluride was an awesome place, the top is big $$, but nice in the off season, good biking.