Aerial Photos of Sunset Beach Fire

What’s Up In Seal Beach has exclusive aerial photo’s of Friday’s Sunset Beach fire that consumed one home entirely and heavily damaged two others.

Fire Ravaged Homes (photos by Jerry Rootlieb)

Fire Chief Kris Concepion said that first estimates are that the fire was caused by an overturned charcoal Bar-B-Que.

The occupants had just finished preparing the food and took it inside to cut it up before serving.  Apparently the wind blew over the charcoal burner and the conflagration erupted quickly and burned for almost 24 hours.  Fire workers stayed overnight putting out hot spots and it was still burning Saturday afternoon.

Estimates are that  repairs for the three damaged homes could exceed $10 million dollars.

Mark Atkinson, a renter the home that was totally destroyed said that he lost everything.  He stoically said, “Everything except what I’m wearing.”