Fire started in restaurant hood system

This the Durango Colorado fire where 6 firefighters were injured when an explosion rocked the roof of the building that they were trying to put out. 3 buildings were also destroyed in the fire. You can read the story about the fire and damage here: Durango fire started in hood

This is a picture of the hood being removed after the fire.

A full investigation was done and it was determined that the fire started inside the duct of the restaurant hood system:

DURANGO, Colo. (KJCT) – We finally know what sparked a massive fire in Durango that ripped through historic downtown.

Fire Marshal Tom Kaufman says, the fire in the 700 block of Main Avenue on February 22 originated above the hood system at Season’s restaurant.

That’s one of the three buildings destroyed.

He says the hood over the wood fired grill and deep fat fryer area was separated from the rest of the hood by a partition wall in the hood.

This is a perfect example of why you need to make sure that your restaurant hood system is cleaned correctly. We run in to ducts that are filled with flammable grease every day, most of the time a hood cleaning service had just been performed.

Don’t let this happen to you. Demand to see what is inside your kitchen exhaust system, it is your restaurant, you have the right to know. If it looks like this, you better get it cleaned right away.

This is an actual restaurant hood system duct that was recently serviced. Like I said , we see stuff like this every day. If you aren’t sure whether your ducts are clean or not, give Bryan Exhaust a call and we will give you a full inspection report of your system. www.bryanexhaust.com