the fire system worked?

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By ERIN CHAPIN, chapine@knews.com
July 20, 2006
An early-morning fire at a Chinese restaurant on Broadway was quickly extinguished by Knoxville firefighters.
The blaze at Dynasty Express, 4911 N. Broadway, was reported about 8:34 a.m., said Knoxville Fire Department Capt. Darrell Whitaker.
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The first trucks arrived about 8:38 a.m.
A burner underneath a wok was left on overnight, Whitaker said.
The fire suppression system worked, Whitaker said, but the wok was large and the fire overpowered the system.
The blaze went up the ventilation system and that saved the building from being destroyed, Whitaker said.
The fire was localized in the kitchen.
Nobody was injured, Whitaker said.
The kitchen will have to be repaired, and the Health Department will have to inspect the restaurant before it can reopen, Whitaker said.

Whitiker said "the fire system worked"...
Sounds like the gas valve did not shut off the gas!
 
The blaze went up the ventilation system and that saved the building from being destroyed:eek: :eek: someone cleaned this thing.......right.:D And Chinese no less..
 
wonder if foam was involved?
 
The exhaust system did what it is supposed to do, but the fire system was overpowered by the large wok.... if they were waiting for the health department to sign off, it sounds like there was no or very minimal damage. So nothing really burned. The flame was left on under a wok, the wok got so hot it set off the fire system. When the fire system tripped it should have shut off the gas supply to all the appliances under the hood.
Curious situation or not enough facts for the reporter to tell us the whole story.
 
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