81°F
weather icon Clear

Cigarette likely cause of fire behind Pit Stop

A small fire in a bush behind Pit Stop burger shop the afternoon of July 31 closed the Buchanan Boulevard business for the rest of the day, but caused no real damage to the building.

Chuck Gebhart, division chief for the Boulder City Fire Department, said the incident is being investigated as “an accidental fire, possibly due to someone tossing a cigarette.”

There was little damage to the building, which also houses Radio Shack, and the gas meter outside the building in the same area as the bush.

Southwest Gas was on the scene that night, but reported no damage to the gas line.

Pit Stop employee Shaye-Lynn Miekell Stolpe said on Facebook, “We were lucky enough to catch it early enough for it to not get inside the building,” but employees and customers had to evacuate.

“It was very scary,” she said. “The fire surrounded our gas line. We got very lucky.”

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.
THE LATEST
Dog park nears completion at Veterans’ Memorial

If all goes as planned, within the next two weeks, residents and visitors will have a new location for Bo, Logan, Luna and Buddy to play and interact with their four-legged friends.

Hot cars and hotter ribs

Photos by Ron Eland and Linda Evans

Staffing a struggle for some businesses

While the immediate post-pandemic trend of “help wanted” signs in the front window of seemingly every business in town has eased, more than a third of Boulder City business owners report that they continue to have issues attracting and retaining staff, especially for entry-level positions.

BCHS: 2023 and beyond

Boulder City High School saw 125 students graduate Tuesday night at Bruce Eaton Field. Dozens of students have received college scholarships totaling just under $7.5 million. It was the school’s 82nd graduating class.

Council votes to adopt $47M budget

As much as it is attractive for many people to compare a city budget to their own household budget, there is one fundamental difference that was noted multiple times when the City Council met to adopt the budget for fiscal year 2024.

Power rates, sources explained

The rate paid by Boulder City for power purchased on the open market rose from 3.945 cents per kWh in 2018 to 23.859 cents per kWh in 2023, an eye-popping increase of 500% or six times the 2018 cost. But what exactly does “open market” mean?