VIDEO: Cold winter nights in Western Washington have some people doing whatever they can to stay warm.
But one of the owners of Bad Jimmy’s Brewing Co. in Ballard said what appeared to be a warming fire almost cost him his business.
Jason Shrum, one of the brewery’s co-owners, said the fire was caught on surveillance and could have been much worse. “A person had entered from over in that direction, had walked into here, set up shop in our beer garden and lit it on fire,” Shrum said. “It looked like they piled it up on the table and then lit it ablaze, whether it was a lighter or whatever to use, but it started a big fire.”
He’s still shocked that his business is standing because he estimated the flames were about four feet high.