St. Pete Beach, Florida: Fire at TradeWinds Resort Contained in Maintenance Area

Fire crews contained a fire at the TradeWinds resort in St. Pete Beach on Sunday evening, after a blaze broke out in a maintenance and office area of the beachfront property.

The fire on Sunday evening

A spokesperson said the fire was reported shortly after 6 p.m. on Sunday, November 8. The response reached two alarms as crews worked on the structure fire at the resort, which stands at 5500 Gulf Boulevard in St. Pete Beach, in Pinellas County on Florida's Gulf coast.

WFLA reported that firefighters worked to contain a structure fire at the resort on Sunday evening. By 7:30 p.m., crews had contained the fire, according to the spokesperson cited in the 10 Tampa Bay report.

Officials say the fire stayed in a service area

Officials said in a statement that the fire was limited to a maintenance and office area of the property and was contained. That detail matters for guests and staff. The area named by officials is a working service part of the resort, and the local reports did not describe any fire spreading through guest rooms or guest floors.

St. Pete Beach is a barrier island city west of St. Petersburg, and TradeWinds is one of the large beachfront resort properties on Gulf Boulevard, facing the Gulf of Mexico. A two-alarm response brings more engines and firefighters than a first alarm call. On Sunday, crews held the fire to the service area and had it contained in about ninety minutes from the first report.

For people staying in St. Pete Beach on Sunday night, the practical point is the one officials gave: the fire was in a maintenance and office area, and it was contained the same evening. No road closure on Gulf Boulevard was announced in the local reports.

What has not been announced

Local reports on Sunday night and Monday morning did not announce a cause for the fire. They also did not announce any injuries, any evacuations, or a damage estimate, and officials had not said how the fire started.

No timetable for further detail was announced. Anyone with a booking or a visit planned at the resort should check with the property and follow St. Pete Beach fire officials for any notice about the affected service area.