CALIFORNIA- Two sprinklers extinguished a fire on a prep table near a deep fat fryer in the kitchen of a restaurant before it could do much damage to the property.
Investigators discovered a distinctive "V" pattern on the preparation counter to the left of a deep fat fryer where a plastic colander filled with tempura batter and soybean oil was draining into a plastic bowl. They determined that the bowl was the point of fire origin and that the cause of the fire was spontaneous ignition.The restaurant, located in singlestory, wood-frame strip mall, had a kitchen hood suppression system and a wet-pipe sprinkler system. The restaurant was closed for the night.Firefighters responding to the 1:06 a.m. sprinkler system's monitored water flow alarm found light smoke in the restaurant and called for additional units before forcing the front door and advancing a hose line into the kitchen. Once inside, they discovered that the fire had already been extinguished by the operating sprinklers. Other fire department companies helped ventilate the restaurant and shut down the sprinkler system.
The fire did approximately $5,000 in damage. There were no injuries.
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