WATER SPORTS EQUIPMENT DESTROYED IN SHOP BLAZE
MORE than $250,000 worth of boards and other stock have been destroyed after a ferocious inferno tore through a beloved northern beaches surf shop in Sydney – but the distraught owner has vowed to keep the business going. The fire, which gutted the WindSurfnSnow outlet in Anzac Ave, Collaroy, broke out in a storage area just before 8pm on Thursday. Business coowner Sam Parker said he was “devastated” as he watched the blaze engulf his shop, which opened 15 years ago.
NSW Fire & Rescue and police investigators were on the scene for hours yesterday, picking through the debris.
Windsurfers, stand-up paddle boards and kite surfing equipment worth more than $250,000 were among the stock destroyed by the fire. But Mr Parker vowed the business would continue operating from a nearby warehouse, rented by his business partner.
More than 80 firefighters fought the blaze. About 100 people from neighbouring homes and businesses were evacuated.