{"id":68803,"date":"2016-10-06T21:12:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T03:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/el-moro-singed-in-morning-fire\/"},"modified":"2016-10-07T03:12:14","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T03:12:14","slug":"el-moro-singed-in-morning-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/el-moro-singed-in-morning-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"El Moro singed in morning fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><!-- gallery:71e87d84-5c79-4b24-9838-7f0b0b7cc378 --><br>\n          <!-- gallery:05cd6179-fe1f-4551-b8f2-96a948ad749c --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-block-embed-youtube naviga-video-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KxRk9F58lyo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elmorotavern.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El Moro Tavern<\/a>, a popular bar and eatery in downtown Durango, will likely remain closed for a couple of months while repairs are made from a fired Wednesday that scaled a wall and smoldered through an attic, causing smoke and water damage to the rear of the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not going away. We\u2019re fighters. We\u2019re going to rebuild it, and we\u2019ll get it back open, and we\u2019ll make it better than ever,\u201d said Kris Oyler, chief executive of the parent company of El Moro and Steamworks Brewing Co.<\/p>\n<p>While the official cause remained under investigation, firefighters said they are focused on a water heater in the rear of the building.<\/p>\n<p>A passer-by reported heavy smoke at 7:11 a.m. at 945 Main Ave. The blaze activated a sprinkler system that firefighters said limited the spread. The fire was mostly extinguished as of 8 a.m., said Karola Hanks, fire marshal with the Durango Fire Protection District.<\/p>\n<p>The 900 block of Main Avenue was closed until about noon while 40 firefighters and five engines worked the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>Flames were contained to El Moro, but smoke traveled to several adjacent businesses, causing an unpleasant odor if not damage to merchandise.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters broke down a door at Moe\u2019s Starlite Lounge, which is next door to El Moro, and ripped a 3-foot by 3-foot hole in the ceiling to check for fire spread. It caused about $400 in damage to the business, said Rick Carney, owner and head dishwasher of Moe\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>He planned to stay closed for the day, in part to assess the situation and remove the smell of smoke, which he joked could be remedied with incense and Febreze.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got lucky. Merry Christmas to me,\u201d Carney said. \u201cThe fire department did an incredible job. I\u2019m so (expletive) grateful to those guys. They even apologized about breaking my door down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other businesses were more concerned about the smoke damage. Tippy Canoe and Duranglers Flies and Supplies ran fans Tuesday in their businesses. Tippy Canoe Owner Sharon Taylor said some merchandise may need to be professionally cleaned to remove the smell of smoke. Employees at Duranglers moved most of the merchandise downstairs where there was less smoke.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Woodruff, general manager of El Moro, said most of the damage occurred near the rear of restaurant, and the signature steampunk d\u00e9cor in the main dining area \u201cseems to be unharmed at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kitchen equipment was largely unharmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was heartbreaking to watch, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d Woodruff said. \u201cYou put your heart and soul into a place, and it\u2019s like a baby to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant plans to keep all of its 40 workers employed during the closure, Oyler said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Restaurant likely closed 2 months<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[314,350,13,4747,316],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-68803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-downtown-durango","tag-fire","tag-frontpage-lead","tag-slideshow","tag-video"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68803"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=68803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}