Saturday Fire Damages Another Abilene Restaurant
Jason Vinduska - Sat 10:31 AM 02/23/2013
The fire was contained to the kitchen area.
For the second time in just a couple of days a fire damages an Abilene restaurant. Firefighters were called to the Sonic drive in at around 9:00 Saturday morning. Crews were on the scene about 30 minutes for a grease fire caused by the fryer hood. Store Manager Chris Huff said that the automatic fire system had been recently serviced, but didn't activate. Huff and one other employee were in the store at the time. No one was hurt. Fire official Ronny Rein expects the business to be closed several days. On Wednesday night a massive fire destroyed the historic Kirby House restaurant in Abilene.
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Ikidunot
Saturday 23 February 2013 10:41
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staff
Saturday 23 February 2013 11:26 Report this comment
Personal attacks against other users are not acceptable.
m674011
Saturday 23 February 2013 13:54 Report this comment
could it be the animals taking over http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LDnQpD_uFQ see tim bedoer a bit of fun to chear everone up
t--bone
Sunday 24 February 2013 01:15 Report this comment
Looks to me that hood has not been cleaned in a long time. How do these restaurants get away with filty conditions which endangers all of our health. Health inspectors should close down this restaurant until they clean the whole place up.
tlittle
Monday 25 February 2013 07:35 Report this comment
#1, thats called soot, the aftermath of fire. #2, They get away with it because a couple years ago, restaurant health inspectors statewide was reduced by 75%. Now, instead of having one person in Saline Co constantly checking restaurants in Salina, one person does the entire North Central Kansas. Restaurant owners are very happy. Instead of never knowing when the Saline County inspector will drop in, now they are very certain, they will not drop in.
harryj45
Monday 25 February 2013 11:27 Report this comment
I've been in the kitchen of a couple and would agree that more could be done about keeping them clean. I'm more than happy to cook at home, thank you.