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Local Businesses Try To Recover After Damaging Structure Fire
Four businesses in Palm Desert were destroyed during a fire in a strip mall, off of Country Club Drive and Monterey Avenue early Sunday morning.
The Riverside County Fire Department says the blaze was reported at 3:42 a.m., and was contained about two hours later. One sheriff deputy suffered minor injuries.
The Riverside County Fire Department contained the structure fire just six hours after it was reported at around 9:42 a.m.
Leaving Coffee D’Bouteaque, Papa Dan’s Pizza and Pasta, Miracle-ear Hearing Aid Center, and Reverse Mortgage Works, all in the Plaza De Monterey Shopping Center, with a different scene then what residents saw just hours before.
For business owner Miriam Rodriguez, who owns D’Coffee Bouteaque, her last two years have been all about gaining a name for herself and her business.
When she got a call from one of her employees around 6:30 a.m., Sunday morning, she and her husband rushed down from their house near Temecula, trying to get a glimpse of what her business looked like before it went up in flames.
Rodriguez is now accepting donations to help recover her business. Her phone number and a link to a GoFundMe is listed below.
Miriam Rodriguez
702-824-6815
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-dboutique-coffees-comeback?qid=362740f39b3624e8573fad3908899d3a
By: Tiani Jadulang
April 15, 2024

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