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Next thing you're going to tell me is that The Beachcombers is no longer on CBC.
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If ratings and aging actors weren't enough, there was a fire near Molly's Reach:
Gibsons fire claims repair shop, hostel
Last Updated: Friday, June 4, 2010 | 8:07 PM PT
CBC News
Two buildings were destroyed by a Friday afternoon fire in Gibsons.Two buildings were destroyed by a Friday afternoon fire in Gibsons. (CBC)
A fire has destroyed two buildings on the waterfront of Gibsons, B.C.
The fire started at about 3:30 p.m. PT Friday in the 500-Block of Marine Drive, a few hundred metres from the town center.
Witnesses said the building that housed Coles Marine Diesel Repair Ltd. and a neighbouring tourist hostel had burned down.
There were no injuries.
The owner of the Wynken Blynken Nod Backpackers Hostel, Suzanne Senger, said she had just recently closed the business.
"Thank God," said Senger. "If I'd been full of hostelers right now that could have been a serious tragedy."
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A huge plume of smoke from the fire could be seen kilometres away.
Traffic along the main route to the Langdale ferry terminal was being diverted around the fire scene.
Gibson's is best known as the location for the 1970s CBC TV series The Beachcombers. The restaurant often featured in the series, Molly's Reach, still operates and sits several hundred metres away from the scene of the fire.
Gibsons is on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast, about 30 kilometres northwest of Vancouver, and is accessible only by ferry.