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Boston firefighters at downtown restaurant fire
February 5, 2010 01:26 PM
A small fire broke out in the ductwork of a downtown Boston restaurant shortly after 1 p.m., the Boston Fire Department said today.
The blaze began in a vent in Houston's Restaurant on the ground floor of 60 State St...
Kitchen fire at O'Kelly's restaurant
Feb 2, 2010 - 9:34:21 PM
Restaurant patrons and workers got a taste of emergency conditions Tuesday night after complications from a grease fire kicked them out into the street.
Firefighters say they're not sure yet as to the cause, but the fire totaled...
When fire department personnel respond to a commercial kitchen range hood fire with fire possibly extending into the exhaust duct above in a high-rise building, the two primary considerations that must be determined while the fire is being brought under control are:
1. Where does the duct...
Grease fire damages restaurant
March 27, 2011 -
A Sunday morning fire in the kitchen at TGI Friday's spread into the roof area of the Loyalsock Township restaurant, which management hopes to re-open for business this week.
Township assistant fire Chief Tim Boush said the accident occurred...
3/15/2011
About an hour before the Oak at Fourteenth restaurant was scheduled to open Wednesday morning, a sous chef saw flames shooting out of a chimney flue, according to the restaurant owner.
About 15 staff members hurried to exit the Tanner Building that houses the 3-month-old...
3/13/2011
ODESSA - An Odessa restaurant got a scare on Saturday night after a fire started in the kitchen and quickly spread to the roof.
The police and fire department were called out to the Steak Express off of 42nd Street and Andrews Highway.
A manager tells NewsWest 9, a grease...
2/22/2011
JOHNSTON, Iowa -- Crews were called to a fire at Cactus Bob's BBQ Corral on Merle Hay Road in Johnston Tuesday morning.
Employees were inside when they smelled smoke and spotted fire within the ductwork and called for help at 6:45.
Fire officials said the fire was...
2/21/2011 — A Budd Lake Chinese food restaurant was closed after a grease fire spread throughout the building through an exhaust system on Friday, authorities said.
The Budd Lake Fire Department responded to Lucky Garden Restaurant on Mount Olive Road about 6 p.m. after Police Officer Thomas...
2/20/2011
Firefighters responded this weekend to a small fire that broke out at a restaurant in the Independence Mall. The Kingston Fire Department received a call at 8:24pm Saturday reporting a fire at the Pomadorino Ristorante. Deputy Chief Rick Fowler says the initial call...
2/10/2011
An early afternoon fire in the ductwork of Kamil's restaurant on Main Avenue near the Paterson line revealed numerous building violations, including an illegal basement occupancy, authorities said.
Fire Chief Henry Cholewczynski said fire coming from the ductwork on the roof...
2/7/2011
UPDATE: As of about 4:30 p.m., Walnut Creek police say they had cleared Locust Street and streets surrounding Plaza Escuela, which had been closed off while firefighters put out a two-alarm blaze that broke out at the Buckhorn Grill Monday afternoon.
Employees and customers...
WHEATON, Md
WHEATON, Md. (AP) - A two-alarm fire that broke out at Wheaton Plaza mall has damaged at least two restaurants. 2/7/2011
Montgomery County firefighters were called to the mall Monday morning for a fire in the duct work above the Texas BBQ and Grill restaurant. The flames...
Two-alarm Gaslamp restaurant fire started in kitchen flue
January 22, 2011
A two-alarm fire at the Star of India restaurant in the Gaslamp District Friday night started in a flue under a kitchen hood, officials said.
A fire investigator said that grease and debris in the flue apparently...
12/6/2010
Nearly 50 firefighters battled a blaze that broke out in a Chinese restaurant in Melbourne's CBD last night and quickly tore through the historic building.
The fire caused an estimated $500,000 damage to Wing Loong Chinese Restaurant on Heffernan Lane in Chinatown after...
12/6/2010
An insurance company has filed a lawsuit against two local businesses, alleging that negligence caused a restaurant fire two years ago.
National Fire Insurance is suing Reliable Fire Protection of Tinton Falls, New Jersey, and McCleaners Restaurant Services in Wind Gap...
11/24/2010
Blaze breaks out in Footscray restaurant
A FIRE that started in a wok in a Footscray restaurant took fire crews 20 minutes to bring under control.
Staff were cooking themselves food after the Star Restaurant in Nicholson St had closed for trading just after 11pm...
11/18/2010
Fire started in kitchen
WOODSTOCK-- Afire at the Bamboo restaurant Tuesday has prompted Woodstock fire officials to remind people to always stay in the kitchen while cooking.
Lisa Woods, public education co-ordinator for the Woodstock Fire Department, said the cause of...
11/16/2010
No one hurt in kitchen fire in west suburban mall restaurant
A small restaurant kitchen fire summoned emergency crews to a west suburban Oak Brook mall early Tuesday, but no one was hurt and the restaurant sustained no damage.
The fire started about midnight at 232...
11/4/2010
Kitchen Fire Scorches San Jacinto Restaurant
A kitchen fire flared up Monday morning at the Hot Wok restaurant in San Jacinto, California. 47 firefighters with the CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Department responded to the restaurant located in a strip mall in the 400...
11/2/2010
Fire reported at McDonald's in Asheville
ASHEVILLE — The Asheville Fire Department responded to a reported commercial kitchen fire at 35 Hendersonville Rd, McDonald’s Restaurant, on Monday night.
Units arrived at about 10 p.m. to find that the fire had started in...