Fire & Flood Restoration, Kitchen Duct Cleaning
Restaurant Fire – Causes and Caution
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Restaurant fires can be devastating for everyone – from chefs, staff to guests – and mostly for the owners. The kitchen fire causes damage to equipment, building structure and injuries to guests, restaurant workers, and kitchen employees. The business takes a financial hit due to repair work, word of mouth, business downtime and sometimes in the restaurant closing permanently.
The restaurant is the perfect place for a fire to begin – open flames, heating equipment, cooking oils, cleaning chemicals (inflammable), electrical connection, hot cooking equipment, grease build-up, paper products and lots of oxygen.
Approximately 40% of restaurant and hotel fire has begun in the kitchen and 19% start at the stove. More surprising, is the fact that failure to properly clean equipment is the no.1 factor in 1 in 5 restaurant fires (according to data from the NFPA).
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