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Small fire halts hot sales at restaurant
From staff reports
Statesville Record and Landmark
Sunday, March 2, 2008
The Statesville Fire Depart-ment responded to a fire Saturday at Wilson's Pork 'N Brats at Signal Hill Mall. Russell Ledbetter/rledbetter@statesville.com
Eric Wilson said his Wilson’s Pork ’N Brats restaurant at Signal Hill Mall was “having one of the best days I’ve ever had” when a fire started inside the vent hood early Saturday afternoon.“We were rolling and I had about 15 burgers on the grill” and four or five customers in the restaurant, Wilson said, when he heard the belt that starts the motor whining.“I hit it off and got that fire extinguisher,” he said.The Statesville Fire Department responded at 1:14 p.m., according to Capt. Frank Quick. Smoke and flames were visible from the Signal Hill Mall roof when firefighters arrived, he said, but they were able to “knock it down on the roof” and get inside the restaurant and “knock it down.”The blaze was extinguished and there were no injuries, Quick said.Customers we quickly evacuated, Wilson said. Fire officials had not yet determined a definite cause of the fire, but the oven vent “was long overdue for a cleaning,” Wilson said.He said he believed smoke damage inside the restaurant he has rented at Signal Hill Mall the past two-and-a-half-years was minimal. Wilson’s Pork ’N Brats is normally closed on Sundays and should be open Monday.
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