
The Barnes & Noble store was closed on Sunday and would remain so until further notice, the bookseller announced on Instagram. The cause of the fire and an estimate of the damage were under investigation on Sunday. The blaze was contained around 9 p.m., Prendergast said. The fire quickly grew to a second alarm, with about 45 personnel from Orange County Fire Authority, Anaheim Fire & Rescue and Orange Police called in to assist with the fire.

Customers and staff were evacuated from the store and no injuries were reported. Thomas,” to a crowd inside the book store, on the 700 block of South Main Street, when the fire broke out some time around 5 p.m., according to Orange Deputy Fire Marshal Robert Prendergast. But it recently drew attention on social media when author Bethany Baptiste went viral with a lengthy Twitter. Retail bankruptcies created cheaper space for new stores, and the chain relaunched right when people were buying. The policy has been in place since September 2019, according to Barnes & Noble. Thomas, was performing a reading of her new book, “Still Life: The Photographs of Maggie St. Barnes & Noble took advantage of pandemic lockdowns to renovate and recalibrate. A book-signing event at a Barnes & Noble in Orange was cut short on Saturday, April 29, after a fire broke out inside the business, leading to the store’s closure for the foreseeable future.Īuthor and photographer, Maggie St.
