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"Salinas Fire Chief Ed Rodriguez and Mayor Joe Gunter said a massive fire that burned the historic Dick Bruhn building was still smouldering in some rooms on Tuesday.The local landmark on Main Street in Oldtown was gutted by a five-alarm fire Saturday afternoon. Firefighters still could not enter the structure on Tuesday because there was a risk that it could collapse.PHOTOS: 5-alarm Salinas fire destroys Dick Bruhn buildingA federal arson investigator from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was at the building on Tuesday attempting to determine if the fire was intentionally ignited or an accident.Deputy Fire Chief Brett Loomis said the speed and size of the fire raised red flags about what could have caused it.Witnesses saw people running out of the vacant building moments before the fire broke out. Firefighters are asking those people to come forward to help investigators figure out what happened.Rodriguez said it's still too early to conclude what caused the fire.\"We do not know what has caused this fire. We have an idea of the origin within the building, where the fire most likely began. But first and foremost, our number one concern today is to determine if it's safe to go into the building and finish putting it out. And come up with the cause,\" Rodriguez said.For now, a Monterey County Sheriff's bomb squad robot is being used to find hot spots still burning inside the building.Developer Gerry Kehoe of Berkley Inc. owns the Dick Bruhn building. His two sons, Jesse Kehoe and Seamus Kehoe, were managing its renovation. According to the Monterey County tax collector's website, the owners were notified in September 2015 that they were in default for $84,799 from unpaid property taxes. They are also delinquent in paying $30,579 in taxes in 2015. A first installment of $16,018 was due in December 2015.Jesse Kehoe said his family does not have an insurance policy for the building because it was red tagged.Jesse Kehoe added that his family will still have to pay more than $100,000 in overdue property taxes, even after the fire.City attorney Chris Callihan said the building was not red tagged, but a \"stop work\" notice had been served on the building."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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