The Long Beach Pride Lifeguard Tower burned down Tuesday morning, officials said. Photo: Long Beach Fire Department. LONG BEACH — A rainbow-colored Pride lifeguard station burned down early Tuesday morning in Long Beach, fire department officials said.
Long Beach Fire Department responded to the Pride Lifeguard Tower, on the beach between 12th and 13th places, shortly after midnight, and found it fully engulfed in flames, said Gonzalo Medina, Long Beach fire’s marine safety chief.
A Long Beach police officer who was on patrol in the area saw the fire and made the initial call, said Jack Crabtree, a Long Beach fire spokesman.