fire in abandoned hotel is having outsized impact on a small Calif town- state of emergency declared

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Drone video from June 20, 2024, shows the remains of the historic Hotel Marysville, gutted by fire over the previous weekend. Concerns that it might collapse has forced the closure of Highway 70, a key route through the city. BY HECTOR AMEZCUA

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Marysville city officials said they have “no confidence” the operators of the historic Hotel Marysville property will accept financial responsibility for a fire that decimated the aging structure, prompting the City Council to unanimously approve Friday a state of emergency declaration due to the outsized economic impact the fire is having on the city and Yuba-Sutter region.

Flames sparked Saturday in the upper floors of the crumbling structure of concrete, brick and timber sitting vacant at the corner of Fifth and E streets for nearly four decades. Businesses have suffered economic loss after officials shutdown roads because the building faces imminent risk of collapse.

City council members, Marysville Mayor Chris Branscum, Schaad and Marysville Police Chief Christian Sachs met in a closed session during an emergency meeting to discuss the threat to public services and Fifth Street, the thoroughfare that carries Highway 70 through downtown. The proclamation was approved in the hopes that the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services will provide monetary aid. “This incident, the aftermath, has devastated and taxed the local resources,” Schaad said.

WHO WILL PAY FOR HOTEL TO BE TORN DOWN? Negotiations were ongoing between the property manager Urban Smart Growth and the city to address which entity would bear financial responsibility for the building’s demolition and how quickly it can be done, Schaad said. Urban Smart Growth indicated it is self-insured and does not have casualty insurance, he said.

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The city said it rejected the developer’s donation because the demolition costs alone exceeded the value of the property, said Dan Flores, the city’s community development director. At the time of the fire, the building was listed for sale at $925,000, a cost of $12 per square foot.

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ARYSVILLE — A state of emergency has been declared by the City of Marysville in response to the devastating fire that broke out at the historic Hotel Marysville late last Saturday.

City officials held a press conference Friday to discuss where they're at with next steps after the fire. According to the fire chief, Hotel Marysville has been unoccupied since 1986. The building itself was built in 1926. With that, he says there haven't been upgrades and the fire suppression system is outdated.

Hotel Marysville is at risk of collapsing with little to no warning.

"We, the city council of Marysville, have formally declared an emergency thereby opening potential involvement by the Governor's Office of Emergency Services," Marysville Mayor Chris Branscum said.


The city has hired a demolition company to come out and assess the building on Monday, which is something that hasn't been able to be done to the full extent due to how unsafe the structure is.

"I'm glad the community is taking caution and we have to reroute because I'm afraid it might collapse," Marysville resident Gricel Oropeza said.

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1. was allowed to sit there empty for almost 40 years. that's a lot of people passing the buck n t

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2. The fire was recent

As long as the structure was boarded up, not a nuisance and taxes and fees paid who was pssing the buck?