Xiguacán Burned Down

Thank you to everyone for the thoughts and prayers from Xiguacan. Just a brief update. The building was evacuated successfully and no owners or guests were hurt. A big thank you to La Casa Que Canta for their assistance allowing residents and guests to gather in their lobby during this tragic event. The top penthouse suite was a complete loss. Several units below the penthouse suite in the south building sustained varying levels of damage due to burning falling debris landing on palapa's below and starting additional fires on all sides of the building. The fire department had challenges as well, combined with limited water and limited access due to all the holiday traffic, it just became the perfect storm resulting in what started as a small fire going to out of control. The marines sent two crews with higher pressure water hoses on their trucks, unfortunately, not until after the fire was out of control. Traffic from the passerby's that parked their cars and got out to watch the fire, significantly inhibited the additional resources from reaching the fire location.

The site cleanup began yesterday and will continue over the next few weeks, followed by the rebuild, hopefully this time without a palapa roof.