Grease in vents caused the fire to quickly spread

[Grant]

07/20/06 - Huntington
Popular Business Destroyed in Fire
Popular Business Destroyed in Fire

by Ramonica R. Jones

Huntington resident Jeanie Reed said, "I've been coming here pretty much since I moved here five years ago and it's the best place in town to go get a meal."

At least it was until Wednesday night. Jeanie Reed can't believe her favorite restaurant is gone. Dean's Meat Market in Huntington went up in flames. It took several volunteer fire departments about five hours to put the fire out.

"We don't know the cause, but we know the general area where it started," said Huntington V.F.D. Chief Jerry LaSalle. "It started back in the storage part of the restaurant where they kept all their paper goods; their napkins and plates and stuff like that."

Grease in vents caused the fire to quickly spread throughout the business, destroying everything. The fate of the popular restaurant is now the talk of the town. It sits on the corner of Third and Walnut streets in the middle of a residential neighborhood.

"Kinda sad to see it happen," said Reed. "Mr. and Mrs. Dean are great people and I hate to see this happen to them. It's kind of like the social place in town to come to."

Dozens of people were inside the meat market when the fire broke out. They all got out safely.

Huntington firefighters believe the fire was accidental. They hope to wrap up their investigation Friday.


So it started in the paper goods storage area, but it is still the exhaust cleaners fault?

 

[Russ Spence]

i guess everyone wants to take the blame off themselves to avoid responsibility for their own decisions

 

[Alexy]

I bet he was happy he saved a few hundered bucks by skipping that cleaning!!

 

[Russ Spence]

would his insurance cover it if they knew it was neglegent on his part ?

 

[Grant]

His insurance will pay him, then the insurance company will subregate and try to recoup their money from everyone else, including the exhaust cleaner, fire protection service company, pest control, window cleaner etc...

 

[Russ Spence]

sounds par for the course

 

[Alexy]

This is why I will always send a letter to the fire marshall saying I no longer clean their hoods when they say they are passing on cleaning at schedule or going with another company. Cause guess what the fire marshall does when he gets that letter....goes and checks it and of course it needs doing.
I would hope it would relieve you of some if not all liability

 

[Russ Spence]

cover your butt