Fire burns down the former Natacha’s music venue on Arsenal Way in Bremerton

The long decaying but legendary West Bremerton concert venue Natacha’s – formerly known as Perl’s Pavilion – caught fire Monday afternoon, likely making ashes out of Kitsap County’s connection to pop music history. About two dozen firefighters were called at 2:14 p.m. to the blaze at the former night spot on Arsenal Way, which sits behind a locked chain link fence and had been covered in graffiti. Bremerton Fire Battalion Chief John Payne said there was no indication that anybody was inside when firefighters arrived, and with the structure compromised and too dangerous for anybody to enter, firefighters assumed a “defensive” approach, meaning they fought the blaze from the outside… read more >