The fire erupted at 3 p.m. Thursday on the seaward end of the pier in the city of Oceanside, north of San Diego. Firefighters pulled hoses down the pier and also battled the flames with water cannons aboard boats and helicopter water drops.
A vacant restaurant and a small food service structure were heavily damaged, but no further loss of the pier itself was expected, a city statement said.
The current pier opened in 1987, with predecessors destroyed by surf in 1890 and 1902. Landmark piers along the California coast are facing costly repairs or replacement due to recent storm damage.
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