Archive for the ‘fires’ tag
Dollar Tree, 4020 West Beltline Boulevard: 28 September 2024 1 comment
I was driving down Beltline last weekend when I noticed this Dollar Tree boarded up. When I turned around to take a closer look, it was quickly apparent that the place had seen a fire.
In fact it is a bit worse than "a fire". WLTX reports that the place burned on 28 September 2024 and on 17 December 2024.
No cause was given at the time for either blaze, but for the second you kind of have to be very suspicious.
I did not notice any sign of remediation work in progress, so I doubt we see this store re-open, or this building be re-purporsed.
Maurice's Piggie Park, 1600 Charleston Highway: 26 October 2024 4 comments
While the restaurant proper was apparently not harmed, a major fire on Saturday night 26 October took down the offices, pits & distribution center for this longtime Midlands barbecue staple, forcing the chain to close at least on a temporary basis. According to the video links provided by commenters Logan, Dustin & Andrew, the cause of the fire is still unknown.
I have only eaten at Piggie Park once, but I thought it was pretty good, and figured I would be back some day. Hopefully that will still happen. The place has had a somewhat controversial history with the founder's politics being out of step with the modern South, but his heirs looked to have worked past that, and while various locations have featured here from time to time the chain has remained a local constant.
The pictures above were taken on 25 March 2012, well before the fire. You can see the news reports of the blaze here, here & here.
(Hat tip to commenter Logan)