City was 'concerned' about site of Carl's Jr. fire for months, worried about neighboring Taco Bell

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The erstwhile Carl's Jr. successful Central Fresno is hardly near lasting aft an overnight occurrence tore done the gathering and led to a partial collapse.

At 1 point, the occurrence became truthful retired of power that firefighters had to retreat to absorption connected protecting the surrounding area.

An probe is present underway.

"We bash cognize that determination is simply a batch of stateless enactment astatine that location," Josh Sellers astatine the Fresno Fire Department said. "We person been to that determination earlier for warming fires, truthful investigators are conscionable putting each the puzzle pieces together."

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The edifice was boarded up past year. It is 1 of astatine slightest 15 properties the metropolis has possession of and planned to wide for a large task to reroute 2 railroad crossings.

The metropolis has fallen unfortunate to regular break-ins.

"We're nary antithetic than immoderate different radical who ain buildings, who person vacant buildings, who endure the aforesaid issues," City Manager Georgeanne White told Action News.

The metropolis often replaced the boards, and White feared a large fire.

"As the idiosyncratic who has possession of the property, we bash what's required to support those buildings secure, and ultimately, the solution is to get them demoed," White said.

On Thursday, Action News learned the metropolis opened up bids for demolition 9 days ago.

The City Council is presently acceptable to grant a declaration connected February 19. Officials are trying to expedite it.

"We're looking into whether this tin beryllium declared a much urgent wellness and information necessity for the remaining buildings," White said.

From City Hall to the Fire Department, determination is interest astir the different properties needed for the obstruction project, particularly the vacant Taco Ball crossed the street.

"These lightweight commercialized buildings person lightweight construction," Sellers said. "It doesn't instrumentality a full batch of occurrence impingement to commencement damaging the main structural components."

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