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Restaurant Grill and Ventilation System Fire

Early in the morning in a large restaurant, a fire started inside the kitchen's ventilation ducting system. The automatic fire extinguishers were overwhelmed, and severe damage was done to the roof before the fire was knocked down. APTECH was retained to evaluate the origin of the fire. The circumstances of the incident included a grease fire flare-up on the grill during adjustment of the gas burner, excessive room ventilation rates, and improperly cleaned ducting and grease traps.

Satish Almaula		Plant failure and root cause analysis; process and design engineering analysis; process technology development and testing; plant engineering, operations, maintenance and safety management; plant and process control system management.

Richard Schreiber, P.E.		Machinery and mechanical device failure analysis, mechanical testing, combustion and heat transfer, industrial fires and explosions, gas appliances.

Kimble Clark, Ph.D.		Failure analysis, heat transfer & thermodynamics, process plant equipment failures & explosions, fuel science, combustion, industrial fires and explosions.