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Published on: 12/6/2006
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According to Williamsburg Fire Department Captain Chuck White, the fire started in a fenced-in area outside where the Bistro stored used linen napkins before they are picked up by a laundry service.
"The Bistro uses an outside laundry company for their linens," White said.
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White said that investigators had spoken to a witness Thursday morning who claimed to have seen people smoking cigarettes in the area before the buildings were evacuated, presumably the same witness who spoke with The Flat Hat Wednesday.
"The witness had spoken with the press, but not with the investigators until this morning," White said.
According to White, all three properties, which also included the Peanut Shop, were occupied at the time of the blaze, although the majority of people inside were staff."They made a quick attempt at extinguishing the flames and then bailed out," White said.He also confirmed that there were no injuries during the fire.
A Blue Talon employee confirmed that the fire had started outside.Employees of Baskin-Robbins, where the structural damage appears to be much more extensive, declined to comment.
While precise figures of the damage caused are still unavailable, White said that he had heard some estimates of over one million dollars."We're still trying to get estimates from insurance adjusters," he said.p. Large sections of North Boundary and Prince George St. were blocked off throughout the morning.