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Forgotten pot leads to fire at Ward Warehouse eatery
By Star-Advertiser staff
POSTED: 08:57 a.m. HST, Mar 13, 2013
LAST UPDATED: 08:58 a.m. HST, Mar 13, 2013
Grease from a pot left unattended on a stove started a kitchen fire early this morning in a Ward Warehouse takeout restaurant causing $2,000 worth of damage.
Security officials at the Kakaako shopping contacted the fire department at 1:52 a.m. The fire at Korean Barbeque Express kiosk at the ewa end of the shopping center was brought under control at 2:03 a.m.
Three other restaurants in the kiosk were not affected.
No injuries were reported.
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olos73 wrote:
First rule of thumb, check to see that your stove is turned OFF BEFORE you leave for the night.
on March 13,2013 | 09:10AM
Maneki_Neko wrote:
Grease in a Korean BBQ restaurant? Wow, that's not something anyone would expect.
on March 13,2013 | 09:38AM
CaraKF wrote:
Ha ha I thought someone left their pot somewhere.
on March 13,2013 | 11:27AM
cojef wrote:
SAme thought, wonder what the headline meant, really thought a pot shop burned down.
on March 13,2013 | 11:52AM
sailfish1 wrote:
Hahaha! I thought the article was talking about marijuana. I had to read it because I didn't think pot was self-combustible.
on March 13,2013 | 01:37PM
kauai wrote:
It's not (self-combustible), but if someone left a lit toke on something cumbustible, then forgot and walked away ('cuz they were too stoned out of thier brain), well then....But yeah, the choice of wording of the article title was intriguing. Now where'd I put my stash?....Eh, memory problems too....
on March 13,2013 | 05:02PM
kekahahi wrote:
$$ making headlines.....
on March 13,2013 | 08:00PM
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