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The Salt Life Food Shack fire

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DevelopingNext check Nov 5: A dated reopening announcement or continuing-closure update, and any inspection or fire-service clarification of building safety.

Where it stands

On Nov. 2, 2026, firefighters responded to a fire at Salt Life Food Shack on North Fletcher Avenue in Fernandina Beach, with flames reported across the restaurant’s upper portion. The available report does not establish whether the fire was extinguished; the response and investigation into its cause remain unresolved.

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2 reports21 outlets28 sources

  • No dated events yet
  1. Update 1Flames engulf upper portion of Salt Life Food Shack in Fernandina Beach
  2. Update 2Four safely evacuated from Salt Life fire; reopening still unconfirmed

The story so far

  1. Update 248 hours later

    Four safely evacuated from Salt Life fire; reopening still unconfirmed

    Four employees were safely evacuated and no injuries were reported. The chef’s initial one-to-two-day closure estimate has reached its window, but reopening remains unconfirmed.

  2. Update 1

    Flames engulf upper portion of Salt Life Food Shack in Fernandina Beach

    News4JAX described viewer video of flames across the restaurant’s upper portion. Whether the fire was extinguished, anyone was hurt or the building was safe remained unestablished.

    Still open after this report

    • Whether the fire was under control, whether anyone was hurt, and whether the building was safe to enter remained unestablished.

History

  1. Opened1 report

Who's involved

Places

  • Salt Life Food ShackSalt Life Food Shack, 17 North Fletcher Avenue, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034, United States of America2 reports
  • Fernandina BeachFernandina Beach, Fernandina Beach, FL, United States of America1 report

Every outlet we read on this story

28 sources21 outlets2 wire copies

Who reported what

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Fire department response to the restaurant fireNot independently confirmed2

Points only one outlet reported

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Only reported by FL Times-Union

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