Edhat Staff
By the edhat staff
A large tree fell into a commercial building in Los Olivos causing extensive damage on Saturday morning.
At 7:53 a.m. crews responded to 2920 Grand Ave, a building that’s home to multiple businesses including an art gallery, clothing and textile stores, and wine tasting.
The massive oak tree located next to the building appears to have snapped from its base causing large limbs to collapse on the roof, walkway, and road. County Fire Captain Scott Safechuck also confirmed the tree broke a water line in the process.
Firefighters have been working diligently with chainsaws to cut up the tree and open the roadway. The Building and Water Departments have also been requested for inspection.
Miraculously there were no injuries.
While Captain Safechuck stated there is “extensive damage,” it’s unclear how the businesses will be affected.
Photos: SBCFD
Wow. We can relate. We have a lovely oak grove in our back yard. Last weekend, with no wind or warning, a huge section of an oak fell onto another huge oak and both came down. Thank God no one was out there. It took days with the chain saw and help to clear it out. I would love to hear from an arborist. I think the oak canopy was so thick after the winter rains that the trunk could not hold up. What do you advise us as a precaution so other trees don’t come down unexpectedly. What do we look for?
What a loss. I used to live in a 3 wide apartment building with an oak in the center back that almost spanned the building. I loved that tree.
Fitz, if you can, pay an arborist for a consultation. I’ve used Autumn at Beaver Tree Service https://www.beavertreesb.com/contact-us/
They’ve done some big jobs for me and he brought back my somewhat butchered, old jacaranda.
I also use Beaver Tree Service, Autumn and his crew do a fantastic job on my orange flowering gum (eucalyptus.) They are super busy right now due to the rains last winter. I’m still waiting for them to fit me in to trim my vines.
That oak has a lot of dead wood in the interior, and yeah, it was probably all the water weight, new growth and associated leverage that broke the tree.