
Should your Commercial Kitchen Ductwork be Leaking?
Unavoidable fact – airborne grease collected by metal kitchen grease filters eventually gets extracted further into system components such as the hood, ductwork, and fan.

Unavoidable fact – airborne grease collected by metal kitchen grease filters eventually gets extracted further into system components such as the hood, ductwork, and fan.

Conall Wolsey, from owners Beannchor Group, said the kitchen and plant room, at the rooftop bar of the hotel, have been destroyed. “There is severe smoke and water damage to the building,” he said.

About 15 people self-evacuated from the premises and some helped to fight the blaze and preliminary investigations indicate that the fire had originated from overheated cooking at one of the fire-affected stalls according to The Straits Times.

A fire that escaped the Single Thread restaurant’s hood system and was visible from the roof was quickly extinguished by the staff and Healdsburg fire crews Friday night.

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Staff and diners have been forced to flee from a hotel built in the 1850s after a fire broke out in its commercial kitchen.

The out-of-control blaze that ripped through the CY O’Connor Village Pub in Piara Waters has left a $5 million damage bill.

It’s been determined a kitchen appliance sparked the blaze that has amassed an estimated damage bill of $250,000.

Emergency services were called to the town’s main street at 3:17am following reports that a restaurant had caught fire.

The Goose Beach Bar and Kitchen, next to the Busselton Jetty, is barely recognisable after the fire, which has razed the roof, leaving huge scorch marks over its trademark blue cladding.

It would be easy to just leave the entire design and commissioning of the kitchen ventilation system to the engineer and contractor. After all, they do this for a living. DON’T….get involved and stay involved throughout the process. Why? Find out here.

A state fire marshal inspection found unsafe conditions to do with the kitchen exhaust system in a Hospital, leading to a partial shut down.

As this story highlights, kitchen exhaust duct systems continue to feature prominently in commercial building fire events.

The quick actions of staff and members of the public in extinguishing a fire in a commercial kitchen range hood have been praised.

Not having your kitchen ventilation system cleaned regularly allows grease to build up, increasing your risk of fire. Like in this story.
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