China Kitchen building demolition underway

Demolition crews were busy March 6 clearing the lot where the Mayfield Building in Marble Falls downtown business area stood before a fire burned the structure to the ground last Oct. 4. Beverly Walker/The Highlander

Jesus Herrera was part of a crew from Pleasanton hauling away the rubble March 6 from the 'China Kitchen Fire' which destroyed the Mayfield Building in Marble Falls downtown business area Oct. 4.

On March 7, the charred remains of the Mayfield Building, also known as the China Kitchen building, were scraped from the lots in downtown Marble Falls where a fire last Oct. 4 destroyed the businesses it housed. Connie Swinney/The Highlander

Businesses in the building that lost everything included everything from beauty salons and a Chinese food restaurant to a martial arts center and construction contracting company. Connie Swinney/The Highlander

Huge trucks came and went most of the day to remove the chunks of concrete, knots of re-bar, melted wires and other carbonized debris from the lot the Mayfield Building in Marble Falls downtown business area once occupied. Beverly Walker/The Highlander