**Oceanside Pier Inferno: Firefighters Battle Blaze at Iconic Landmark**
Oceanside, California – Firefighters responded to a blaze at the far end of the iconic Oceanside Pier on Thursday afternoon, with reports of a fire starting shortly after 3 p.m. Two fire-fighting boats arrived on the scene, dousing the structure with water cannons as smoke billowed into the sky. The building at the end of the pier was engulfed in flames, a former site of Ruby’s Diner that had been closed for three years. As …