HBO’s ‘Penguin Lounge’ Comic-Con Activation Reopens To Staff After Evacuation Due To Fire – Update
deadline.comUPDATED with HBO venue reopening to staff: The HBO “Penguin Lounge” activation in San Diego’s Gaslamp district has reopened to staff, about 90 minutes after being evacuated due to a structure fire in a nearby building.
Patrons were seen entering a side door on E Street around 8:55 p.m. at 919 Fourth Street, the nightclub that is hosting the activation during Comic-Con to promote the upcoming Batman series The Penguin starring Colin Farrell. PREVIOUSLY, 7:51 p.m.: Press and attendees at the Bloom Nightclub in San Diego, aka HBO’s the Penguin Lounge activation during Comic-Con week, were evacuated Friday night as firefighters battled a structure fire in a nearby building.
Upon exiting the Gaslamp District venue at around 7:30 p.m., attendees were greeted by multiple fire trucks and police on the scene, and two ladders were in use extended to the top of a three-story building nearby.
Smoke could be seen billowing into the evening sky. San Diego Police Captain Adam Sharki told Deadline that the fire started at a building in the 900 block of Fourth Avenue near Broadway.
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