In case you didn't know, the Yorktown Lanes bowling alley in Parma Heights went up in flames today causing the roof to collapse and considerable destruction to the facility.  The Lanes were open at the time when the fire started in the grill area and spread quickly.   Thankfully, no one was injured in the blaze, and the fire department was able to respond very quickly, as they virtually share the same parking lot…indeed, the fire station is 500 feet away!

Now, I'm not much of a bowler, but I have bowled here (one of the maybe 20 times I've bowled in my life!) and it saddens me that this place that's been there all my life may be gone for good.

The call to the fire department came in at 3:53 PM, and these photos were taken four minutes later at 3:57 and show you how intense it was.  According to Google maps, this is 4.42 miles away as the crow flies from my work station at the airport, and I took these shots from across the room and through the window shades.

Here's a news piece on the fire:

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