Fire investigators have determined that the structure fire on Monday night on Pearl Street was unintentional and was within the kitchen cooking equipment.

BOULDER, Colo. – Monday evening, March 31, around 7:57 p.m. Boulder Fire-Rescue was dispatched for a structure fire at 1047 Pearl Street. Upon arrival, crews noticed black smoke and fire from the roof of the structure. Boulder Fire-Rescue and Boulder Police Department worked quickly to evacuate the building as well as some buildings to the west of the structure out of an abundance of caution.

By 8:00 p.m. the Battalion Chief on scene upgraded the fire to a two alarm fire, which meant the fire was large enough to merit additional resources from Boulder Fire-Rescue and support from partner agencies. During the incident, Boulder Fire-Rescue called on Boulder Emergency Squad, Boulder Rural Fire, and Mountain View Fire Rescue for support both with the incident and for the response to ongoing unrelated service calls within the city.

Fire Investigators were called to the scene during the early stages of the fire response and continued the investigation through the day on Tuesday. The cause of the fire has been determined to be unintentional and was within the kitchen cooking equipment.

Luckily, there were no injuries related to this incident, however the building and occupying business, SALT, sustained significant damage from the fire. Adjacent buildings had minor smoke impact. Additional information about the reopening of the structure and the businesses within it should be directed to the property manager.

Boulder Fire-Rescue would like to thank Boulder Police Department, American Medical Response, Boulder Emergency Squad, Boulder Rural Fire, Mountain View Fire Rescue, and American Red Cross for their assistance during this incident.


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