Crews Douse Hot Spots on Fire-Ravaged Oceanside Pier

OCEANSIDE, Calif.—Firefighters April 26 continued dousing smoldering hot spots on the fire-ravaged Oceanside Pier, a day after flames of unknown origin engulfed the western end of the historic seafront landmark in the northwestern corner of San Diego County. Late Friday morning, city officials announced that firefighters were able to save at least 90 percent of the iconic 1,950-foot-long wooden structure, though the blaze had severely damaged a building atop it housing the Brine Box seafood vendor, a bait shop, and a vacant restaurant site that housed a Ruby’s Diner until three years ago. No one was injured in the blaze, which erupted shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday in the shuttered commercial space, which had been undergoing renovation for a new food-services tenant, according to the Oceanside Fire Department....