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Photos, Video: Oslo Burns! Williamsburg Coffee Shop "Gutted" By Fire
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John Del Signore
Published Jan 9, 2013
Modified Jan 9, 2013
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Fire engulfed the hole-in-the wall Bedford Avenue location of Oslo, a wildly popular coffe shop in Williamsburg. The FDNY tell us the fire broke out shortly before noon and was brought under control within 45 minutes. (As it happens, there's a fire station roughly a block away.) While the cause of the blaze is still being determined, the spokesman added that it appeared the fire ripped through the shop's duct work.
On Twitter, Oslo confirmed that the coffee shop had "burned to the ground." Fortunately, according to the FDNY, no one was injured. Meghan Overdeep, Olso's social media manager, tells us, "The fire started suddenly. The owners and managers are there now trying to figure out what started it, but the store is basically gone. It's still standing but it's been gutted. Thankfully all of our employees and customers are okay."
This is obviously terrible news for Oslo's owners and employees, but fans of the coffee purveyor can at least take solace that the larger Oslo location in Williamsburg is just a short walk away at 133 Roebling Street.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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