By Kate Raphael for Long Beach PostOriginally published on Sept. 4, 2026
Abigail Rivera was already in bed Sunday after closing her pop-up restaurant when a phone call woke her with jarring news: The trailer she serves out of was on fire.
The flames were extinguished by the time she and her husband arrived, police and firefighters already on the scene. The fire suppression system hadn’t worked, she said, and she was met with the aftermath — windows shattered, the interior charred…