Uninsured beachfront PE pub burns down
Patrons and staff at Die Train pub and grill on the Port Elizabeth beachfront escaped without injury on Sunday night before it burnt down. The pub‚ converted from two railway carriages‚ was gutted by the fire‚ which broke out at about 7pm‚ police spokeswoman Colonel Priscilla Naidu said.BREAKING: Beachfront pub and restaurant Die Train - situated in the Kings Beach parking lot - is on fire pic.twitter.com/NTTG1R5u0o— HeraldLIVE (@HeraldPE) June 19, 2016async “The fire destroyed the bar‚” she said.The cause of the fire is still unknown‚ but a crime is not suspected.Pub owner Willem Stadler said: “The fire started at about 7.20pm.“It took the fire brigade 55 minutes to get here – then they ran out of water.“[The fire] started in the kitchen before moving to the deck area.”Had the firemen arrived quickly‚ Stadler believed‚ the main bar area could have been saved.A witness‚ who did not want to be named‚ called the police at 7.41pm‚ but firefighters arrived more than half an hour later after a unit was called from Kwazakhele.Die Train‚ which opened last August‚ was not insured.TMG Digital..
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