Bad Jimmy’s Brewing Co., a popular brewery in Ballard, was nearly destroyed last weekend after a fire, created by a homeless person in an attempt to stay warm, nearly engulfed the property in flames.
Jason Shrum, one of the brewery’s co-owners, caught the incident on surveillance video and believed it could have been much worse. “Actually, one of my staff members, our taproom manager CJ, came in early and found the scorched ground and a lot of things had been lit ablaze,” Shrum said on The Jason Rantz Show. “Looked like a lot of trash been pulled out of nearby trash cans and dumpsters, a lot of napkins and paper plates. She called me, I came in, looked at the security cameras, and was amazed by the size of this fire that it started and that it didn’t catch our canopies, our outdoor beer garden, on fire.”