If you see smoke on Friday near Sugar House Park and the Dodo Restaurant, don’t call fire crews — they started it.
To help firefighters log some valuable training time, a developer is offering up three vacant apartment buildings for daylong firefighting and rescue exercises Friday across the street from the northwest tip of the park at 1327 E. 2100 South in Salt Lake City.
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Burning down the house
Residents are invited Friday to watch firefighters battle a simulated blaze, along with simulated rescues, in Sugar House. The exercise is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the vacant apartment buildings across from Sugar House Park at 1327 E. 2100 South. |
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More than a dozen firefighters from Salt Lake City and Unified Fire Authority will be on hand from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
"I told them they could torch the sucker," said developer Rinaldo Hunt, noting that instead of setting real flames, the firefighters will create the illusion with smoke machines. "We decided to give them the buildings for some serious training before they’re torn down."
Residents are invited to watch the firefighters in action.
After the exercise, the buildings will be razed to make way for "21 and View," a 29-unit, market-rate apartment complex joined by office spaces and either a bakery or butcher shop. The one- and two-bedroom apartments will be in two buildings adjoined by an open-air breezeway featuring mountain views.
The project went through the Planning Commission process last year and is awaiting a building permit. Just under one acre, the property owned by View Street BRE is bookended by the Dodo and A&W-KFC eateries.
Hunt’s housing, office and retail venture is scheduled for completion by the end of October.
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