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Neil Courfney These selected fire reports are based on the masl complete Information avall- <br />able ni the time of publication. Please send any additional Inlarmallon to the <br />NFPA Fire Analysis Division. <br />PUBLIC ASSEMBLY <br />Rrvnrrant <br />Cm rite tiotmys Restaurant; <br />California <br />Rtcakfml service to 25 cusiomclg it this <br />imt-road restaurant ceased abruptly <br />when a The IL•nt smacd rnusidc the build. <br />ing quickly engulfed it. The restaurant, <br />which was part or a In -shine complex, <br />wits iwn shnrles high and had 9,11M <br />square reel of four space. <br />the fire started at 7:05 run in an au- <br />hlmobile Thal had stopped it the restau. <br />rinl'g drive -up window and quickly <br />spread up the side of the building to the <br />Imp Roar. The go -year -old man driving <br />the vehicle was pilled to safety by n <br />passcrhy, and the patrons hnd 20 em- <br />ployces hid evacuated the building by <br />file lime firefighters nrrivcd. <br />Fire crews hid the blare under conlml <br />by R:5o. fly that time, however, It had <br />drslrnycd the restaurnnl In n loss esti- <br />mated it $2 millinn. Smoke and water <br />did another S50d1(gJ worth ordamage to <br />adjoining businesses. <br />officials believe that the fire begin <br />when the ear's staler motor mal- <br />functioned. <br />EDUCATIONAL <br />F,Icnirntnry.School <br />Accidental Fire oamngcs Schoolroom; <br />Connecticut <br />Just rive days bernic the slaty of the new <br />school year, power was reconnected at <br />this shrill elememmy school, chilling a <br />bank of heal lamps to tccnCtgirc and <br />Ignite a hatch or paper supplies. <br />1 he ltv"-girty building wits of nno- <br />nary consirurlinn• and wag In the process <br />of bring rehabilitated II was equipped <br />with bent deleclnrg that were tied Inhn <br />Nil f,xmnrr in It•nbrsnl •IiMhr IM, p. Nr• Il.mp <br />dJ,r,rbr nhp w,f A r I,, TWgn.lrr, r.n, <br />ih, si.o-�I u.ik n,. red„kp,,.l rn',r.nrn <br />hnth the municipal fire niirm and the <br />local nudihle alum syslem. <br />Although classes were not yet in ses- <br />slon, Ml leachers and ndministralive per. <br />snnncl were in the schonl allending a <br />fncuRy meeting an the day or the tire. At <br />nboul lom am, they were alened with - <br />pill unusual delay in Ilse blaze in the kin- <br />dergarten dassnnnm by a heal detector, <br />and a school employee held the blaze in <br />check with two portable tire extinguish- <br />ers until Rrcl ghlers nmived. <br />Investigators determined that the fire <br />was nccidenlal. *the classroom in which <br />II began was originally an art room and <br />cnotnined it eabinel that was used In dry <br />nrtwnrk such as clay models. The cabinet <br />wns equipped with heat lamps and a ran. <br />The electrical service that supplied the <br />cabinet with power had been discon- <br />nected lit tire electrical panel when the ad <br />room wns converted Into a kindergarten <br />chmsrnnm. Later, however, the discon- <br />nected service was tied back Into It newly <br />installed cicciricnl panel. When service <br />was restored, the Treat lamps were lit and <br />ignited piper pralucis stored in the cabi- <br />net. <br />The classrnam suffered an estimated <br />$17.500 in damages. <br />RESIDENTIAL <br />Feur-Unit Cnnrlanrirtium <br />Open Grill Ignites Combustible Wall; <br />Pennsylvania <br />A lint, windy afternoon, an open Still, <br />and a combustible exterior wall set the <br />21 <br />FIREJOURNAL -DULY/AUGUST I587 <br />