Altadena’s Bunny Museum burns to the ground during Eaton Fire

As the horrific Eaton Fire continues to scorch Altadena, a beloved staple for almost thirty years was destroyed by fire on Wednesday.

Touted as “the world’s only museum about everything bunny,” the rabbit Museum boasted approximately 50,000 bunny-related items and was one of several structures destroyed by the enormous fire that started Tuesday night and has already spread to over 10,000 acres, killing at least five people.

Steve Lubanski, the museum’s co-owner, stated, “The Old Town, the iconic Altadena Old Town, is gone.” “We lost our museum. I’ll get hit with that eventually.

Although he was able to save their pets and a few special things, the structure and the majority of their collection were totally destroyed by the fire, according to museum co-owner Steve Lubanski.

“It was, it took my wife and I almost 40 years to put it together, but the way it is … it will still go on,” Lubanski stated.

According to a Facebook post from the museum, Lubanski spent the entire night on Tuesday hosing down his cherished building in an attempt to protect it from the fire, but the flames spread too swiftly after the building next door collapsed.

The building, which is situated near the intersection of Lake Avenue and Altadena Drive, was engulfed by fire on Wednesday, according to video taken at the scene. The fire also spread to a big hedge that had been trimmed into the shape of a rabbit. It looks like the fire has already damaged a number of the structures in the backdrop.

The Guinness Book of World Records and television programs like “Ripley’s Believe it or Not!” have mentioned the Bunny Museum, according to its website.

Dean Fioresi works at CBS Los Angeles as a web producer. He reports on breaking stories in Southern California. He likes to write about sports and entertainment when he’s not covering local events.

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