Early Morning Fire Tears Through Old Peach Tree Mall In Linda

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LINDA (CBS13) — The gathering that housed the aged Peach Tree Mall successful Linda was scorched aboriginal Saturday morning, 35 years aft hardly surviving a disastrous flood.

Shocking footage captured the occurrence tearing done the Feather River Center successful Linda aboriginal this morning.

“It’s been burned to the constituent wherever it’s going to person to beryllium demolished and commencement over,” said Kyle Heggstron, Linda Fire Department Chief.

Formerly the Peach Tree Mall, the Feather River Center was built successful the 1970s.

“I’ve got a batch of memories successful this place,” said section nonmigratory Kevin Collosi.

It was a once-thriving spot.

“This utilized to beryllium a happening place,” Collosi said.

It was devastated successful the 1986 Yuba flood.

“This full happening was wholly underwater, and aft the h2o subsided, determination was a clean-up crew, and my member and I were portion of that,” Collosi said.

Ever since – the promenade has been mostly bare — a ammunition of its erstwhile bustling self.

“It ne'er materialized into thing we hoped it mightiness beryllium to respire backmost the beingness into this mall, arsenic good arsenic to the area,” Collosi said.

“They were expected to hole this full area, but it’s not going to hap now,” said section nonmigratory James Steele.

While locals accidental it’s been an eyesore for decades —

It’s pugnacious to ticker the peach histrion promenade spell retired successful flames.

“It was thing we were hoping would not happen, and unfortunately, it did,” Heggstrom said.

The origin of the occurrence is inactive nether investigation.

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The sheriff’s bureau tells america 1 idiosyncratic was taken into custody erstwhile crews arrived. That fishy had been occupying the gathering but was arrested connected an unrelated warrant.