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Apple Growers Demolished

More that 15 months after the devastating fire, the property is getting cleaned up.

Demolition work at the old Apple Growers Ice & Cold Storage continues.

Friday, crews were clearing debris and hauling it off of the West Beach Street property where .

The middle building—the most severely damaged—has been razed. Two remaining structures are up for sale, but no buyer has come forward yet, according to a story last month in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

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The four-alarm fire . The historic building smoldered for three days before fire crews from around the region could extinguish the blaze.


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