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Kitchen fire clears resort restaurant
Queenstown firefighters had to postpone their visit to the annual Emergency Services Ball on Saturday night when a kitchen fire broke out at Botswana Butchery Restaurant.
Restaurant patrons were evacuated when the fire started in the kitchen at the rear of...
Grease fire closes Galesville restaurant
GALESVILLE - Its owners hope to reopen the Garden of Eatin' restaurant in downtown Galesville by Friday, after a grease fire in its grill at about 9 a.m. today.
An employee was cooking at the grill when its grease trap began to smoke and quickly caught...
Air problems at La Rotisserie send 6 to hospital
By Katrina Ballard, Globe Correspondent
Six people were taken to the hospital today after feeling lightheaded at La Rotisserie restaurant in Newton, according to Newton fire officials.
The people hospitalized felt lightheaded while in the...
A restaurant in the 2000 Block of East Broadway Boulevard had to close after the kitchen caught fire on September 20, according to a press release.
The manager of this restaurant called 911 after a fire started in the kitchen duct work above the stove. Six people evacuated the restaurant and...
Fire breaks out at W. Haven eatery
Ann DeMatteo
New Haven Register
September 19, 2010
WEST HAVEN -- No one was injured Saturday when fire broke out at the Charcoal Chicken Restaurant at First and Elm streets. The fire at 71 Elm St. was called in at 12:43 p.m. Fire Capt. Bill Stacy said the...
Fire breaks out at Lau Pa Sat
SINGAPORE: A fire broke out at Lau Pa Sat - a popular food court in the downtown business district - Tuesday afternoon.
No one was injured in the fire, which occurred at about 3.30pm. The cause of the fire was still under investigation.
The centralised...
ST. PETERSBURG — A Chinese restaurant had to be evacuated and eventually closed following a fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon.
St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue was called to China Wok, 3433 49th St. N, shortly after 4:30 p.m.
It appears that the blaze was caused by grease that caught fire in...
Fire strikes Viking Grill & Lounge in Ellison Bay
The owner of the Viking Grill & Lounge in Ellison Bay says the goal now is to reopen as usual in April, after a devastating kitchen fire that closed the restaurant Wednesday.
"We usually are closed in January, February and March," Dan Peterson...
Fire heavily damages Fort Wayne restaurant
The Journal Gazette
A fire in the exhaust stack of cooking equipment extended into the roof of Hopsing's restaurant Tuesday morning, the Fort Wayne Fire Department said Wednesday morning.
No one was in the restaurant at 7:13 a.m. when the call came...
Fire At Bossier Fast Food Restaurant
The Bossier City Fire Department responded to a fire this morning at the Wendy’s restaurant in the 2700 block of Airline Drive.
The first fire crews arrived on the scene within five minutes and found flames coming out of an exhaust chimney on the roof...
An early-morning kitchen fire at the South Locust Amigos/Kings Classic restaurant was minutes from burning the entire building down when fire crews arrived on Wednesday.
The Grand Island Fire Department responded at 6:32 a.m., Division Chief Tim Hiemer said.
The fire originated in the...
Tisbury Fire Chief John Schilling issued a cease and desist order to Tropical Restaurant at Five Corners Tuesday afternoon. The fire chief told the restaurant not to use its kitchen's grill, Fry-o-lator and rotisserie after the end of business that day, because of fire safety violations.
"The...
Heat makes fighting OP restaurant fire more difficult
Overland Park firefighters put out a tricky fire in a burger restaurant this afternoon, though extreme summer heat made the task more difficult.
The fire was reported just before 4:30 p.m. at Red Robin, 135th Street and Antioch Road.
Crews...
Cause Of Local Restaurant Fire Determined
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- Marlborough Police and Fire departments determined the cause of the June 26 fire inside the Central West Grill that destroyed two businesses and displaced 17 residents of the apartments above the restaurant.
The fire on 171...
Another Fire at Burger King restaurant
A major fire in the Liverpool Street Station Burger King restaurant brought trains, underground and roads to a standstill. The BBC reported that the fire involved the ventilation ducting, almost certainly the grease extract system from the kitchen. The...
Grease Fire in Aberdeen Restaurant Causes $150,000 in Damage
Written by Brian · Filed Under Sirens on July 15, 2010
A fire in the kitchen of an Aberdeen restaurant caused an estimated $150,000 worth of damage Wednesday night after a heavy buildup of grease aided the blaze by causing a fire...
60 firefighters battle Naperville restaurant blaze
July 12, 2010
SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE
A kitchen fire that evacuated a popular Naperville restaurant Sunday afternoon took more than sixty firefighters three hours to extinguish, and left the kitchen area uninhabitable.
A call at 12:02 p.m...
Overnight blaze damages Chinese restaurant
July 9, 2010
Flames damaged a Chinese restaurant along Northwest Gilman Boulevard early Friday morning.
Eastside Fire & Rescue crews responded to a small fire at Cascade Garden, 1580 N.W. Gilman Blvd., at about 1:15 a.m.
When firefighters arrived...
Jun 03, 2010 - 11:08 AM
WHITBY -- A fire broke out at the KFC restaurant in downtown Whitby late Wednesday afternoon after the building's exhaust system overheated.
Whitby firefighters responded to the small blaze at 301 Dundas St. W. at about 4:15 p.m. on June 2.
Overheating of the exhaust...
The Boston Fire Department reports a two-alarm fire that broke out shortly after 7 p.m. shut down Olives Restaurant at 10 City Square and caused an estimated $200,000 in damage.
The department says firefighters arrived to find fire coming out of external ductwork on the third floor of the...