At 1:39am on October 19, 2015 units from City of Seminole Fire Rescue Department were summoned to the scene of a reported structure fire, at 8701 Seminole Boulevard; the longtime establishment of the Screwy Louie’s Porpoise Pub. A passerby who called 911 reported seeing fire coming from the rear of the structure. First arriving fire units discovered heavy fire throughout the structure and immediately requested additional units to respond. Firefighters were not able to enter the structure due to instability to the building which necessitated the fire attack to be done from outside the building. High winds blew embers for several hundred feet and also hampered the fire attack efforts as units from Seminole, Largo, Pinellas Suncoast, and Pinellas Park fire departments streamed large amounts of water onto the structure preventing the spread of the fire to a nearby mobile home park.
Over 50 firefighters assigned to, 4 Ladder trucks, 7 Engines, 3 Squads and 3 District Chiefs were involved in fighting the blaze. No one was injured and the cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Pinellas County Sheriff and State of Florida Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms.
