Photo by Jessica Stewart / St. Joseph News-Press
A Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers employee looks out the drive-through window on Wednesday afternoon. The South Belt fast food chain was closed for several hours due to mechanical issues.
The restaurant at 1411 S. Belt Highway was shut down by mechanical problems and fire hazard issues, Mr. Chung said, not health or food preparation problems as has had been reported.
Wendy's expected to reopen around 7 p.m. Wednesday.
The St. Joseph Health Department arrived at Wendy's when it received a call there was water running down inside a vent hood, according to Jason Ziph, a fire inspector.
The health inspector, in turn, called inspectors with the city's mechanical and fire departments to assess the problem.
"The hood system had been cleaned the night before but still had grease inside," Mr. Ziph said. "The hood system had not been cleaned properly. There was grease buildup and it was a fire hazard."
Mr. Chung said the bigger problem was an electrical issue in the hood system.
"It is a hazard so we're working on that," he said. "An electrician is working on it right now. We will be open back up for dinner."
Mr. Chung, of Four Corner Hamburgers, took over the two St. Joseph Wendy's locations in December. He owns another restaurant in Cameron, Mo.
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