Pearl Beach restaurant gutted by fire
A restaurant in Pearl Beach was gutted by fire overnight on Saturday, December 28.
The Amalfi restaurant will operate temporarily from Ettalong so that it can keep its staff until it can return to Pearl Beach.
The Pearl Beach Brigade responded to a report of a structure fire at 1 Tourmaline Ave at around 11:30pm on December 28.
Crews quickly arrived to find the restaurant on the ground floor fully involved in fire, with LPG tanks at the rear affected by fire with large flares of flaming gas as their emergency pressure release valves opened to prevent explosion.
Crews rapidly started work ensuring the second storey accommodation was evacuated.
They then contained the fire to the affected structure stopping it spreading to the nearby bushland as well as trying to limit the extension of the fire into the second story.
Additional crews were rapidly on scene from Fire and Rescue NSW Station 340 Umina, Fire and Rescue NSW Station 341 Kariong and a Fire and Rescue NSW Hazmat crew.
Further Rural Fire Service crews from The Bays Rural Fire Brigade and Empire Bay Rural Fire Brigade provided additional crews capable of entering the affected structure to complete suppression and overhaul.
In addition to these firefighting resources, Brisbane Water Police District and NSW Ambulance crews attended to protect the scene and to be immediately available should the firefighters entering the structure need medical attention.
The fire was extinguished and overhaul completed around 3:30am.
Crews were stood down and returned to their stations with firefighters from Pearl Beach Brigade remaining on site to manage any re-ignition.
At 5:30am, with the fire out and cold, the Pearl Beach crews returned to station.
However, the fire reignited at 8:15am, with fresh Pearl Beach RFS volunteers attending alongside Fire and Rescue colleagues.
The damage was assessed as significant, but contained to part of the structure, with no loss of life or injury.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Anyone with information about the fire is asked to contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000.
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Social media, 29 Dec 2025
NSW RFS - Pearl Beach Brigade