SALINAS (BCN) — A five-alarm fire destroyed a landmark in Salinas on Saturday, disrupting traffic and businesses in the Oldtown area, city officials said Tuesday.

The burnt Dick Bruhn building was a “true loss” to the city’s downtown, Mayor Joe Gunter during a news conference outside City Hall late Tuesday morning.

While the business has been closed for about 10 years, signs of Bruhn’s name remained on the building, fire Chief Ed Rodriguez said.

Built in 1928, the three-story building was the “anchor” of downtown in the middle of the city, where people bought men’s and women’s clothing and uniforms, Rodriguez said.

It was one of the main places for teens to purchase their high school tuxedos and letterman jackets, the chief said.

The fire broke out around 2:45 p.m. Saturday at the landmark in the 300 block of South Main Street near West Alisal Street.

Fire crews arrived to find the building fully engulfed, with heavy smoke conditions in the first and second floors, according to Rodriguez.

Firefighters made aggressive interior attack on the first floor and went up to the second floor, but were forced to leave because there was zero visibility and the structure was unstable, Rodriguez said.

The blaze at the 50,000-square-foot building didn’t extend to nearby businesses, but required additional assistance from almost every fire agency in Monterey County, the chief said.

Firefighters from Santa Cruz County also responded to other calls within the city while they were attacking the blaze, Rodriguez said.

The fire was fully extinguished around 7:30 p.m. Monday. A majority of the hot spots were put out Tuesday morning, he said.

No injuries were reported and some initial witnesses reports indicated there were people seen running out of the building when the fire started, according to Rodriguez.

The fire resulted in smoke damage to a large bank across the street and water damage at an adjacent theater, Rodriguez said.

PG&E crews were called to repair power outages at a number of neighboring businesses that stemmed from the blaze, according to Rodriguez.

Of the 33 customers within a two- to three-block radius that were without power, service was restored to 30 of them by 8 p.m. Saturday, PG&E spokeswoman Mayra Tostado said.

The three remaining customers are still without electricity as of Tuesday afternoon and share the same power source as the building that caught fire, Tostado said.

Based on a preliminary assessment, investigators are “confident” that the fire started in the southwest corner, which was most extensively burned, the chief said.

The leftover debris has blocked downtown lanes on roads two blocks south of the building and Alisal Street, which is a major thoroughfare, Rodriguez said.

City officials have public works crews cleaning up the wreckage and hope to have streets reopened in the next day or two, Rodriguez said.

Investigators are awaiting a preliminary report from engineers to determine if the building is structurally sound for them re-enter, the chief said.

They are looking into initial witnesses statements, videos from surrounding businesses and speaking with any passersby who saw the fire, Rodriguez said.

On Monday, a Monterey County sheriff’s bomb squad robot entered the building to gather information that will be used to determine the building’s structural integrity, the chief said.

Personnel from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have volunteered to help the department determine the cause and origin of the fire, Rodriguez said.