Where pints were poured and friendships forged, gravel and memories are all that remain.

"You go through a couple stages. At first, it was grieving, and we still thank God no one was injured," said Joe Riley, co-owner of Riley's Pour House in Carnegie

KDKA's Mamie Bah asked, "What has it been like going through the insurance process, talking to them, so they can help rebuild?"

"We hit our limits, and our limits are far lower than what it's going to cost to rebuild," Riley said.

In November 2024, flames reduced Riley's Pour House to a skeleton of charred wood.

"Until everything was removed from the lot, it was very painful to come down and see the debris that was still here," Riley said.

Forty-six years of the pub's Irish luck ran out, but its owners' fortunes didn't.

"We are just st

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