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Fire Breaks Out at Famed Carmel Halloween House
KSBW ^ | Feb 19, 2023 | Cristal Hamer

Posted on 02/19/2023 1:45:46 PM PST by nickcarraway

Fire at famed Carmel Halloween house

A home with some notoriety on the Central Coast was the scene of a house fire Saturday.

Firefighters responded to the house fire on Willow Place in the Mission Fields neighborhood of Carmel Saturday afternoon.

No people were hurt in the fire however one pet cat was burned and underwent treatment at a local emergency veterinarian. The homeowners worked with the American Red Cross for temporary housing after being displaced by the fire.

The house that erupted in flames was the well-known Halloween haunted house. The family has been going all out with decorations for 25 years. Bryon Whitehead and his wife pull out all the stops, attracting more than 2,000 people to view the spectacle.

Several agencies helped Carmel firefighters at the house fire, including Monterey Fire, Seaside Fire, American Medical Response, and the Monterey County Sheriff's Office.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Read more about the Carmel Halloween haunted house here.


TOPICS: Hobbies; Local News
KEYWORDS: carmel; fire; halloween

1 posted on 02/19/2023 1:45:46 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Hansel and Gretel had that gingerbread house, but a carmel house?


2 posted on 02/19/2023 1:58:40 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: nickcarraway

I hate neighbors like that, who over-decorate and have an insatiable need for more and more attention from the public.
If you have a lot of open space on both sides of your home, that’s different.

*Maybe somebody thought this Carmel House
was actually a Charnel House.
Charnel House: A building or vault in which corpses are piled high.


3 posted on 02/19/2023 2:08:34 PM PST by lee martell
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To: nickcarraway

Carmel Mission Basilica is around the corner.

The neighborhood never was big enough for the both of them.


4 posted on 02/19/2023 3:14:34 PM PST by skeeter
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To: skeeter

You think Catholics burned it down?


5 posted on 02/19/2023 3:18:53 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Possibly. Most likely one of the more unruly regulars from Mission Ranch’s piano bar.


6 posted on 02/19/2023 3:24:37 PM PST by skeeter
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To: skeeter

So you agree with the FBI’s crackdown on evil terrorist Catholics?


7 posted on 02/19/2023 3:26:54 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I’ll assume you’re kidding.


8 posted on 02/19/2023 3:44:03 PM PST by skeeter
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