Dallas Fire-Rescue Press Release

Contact: Annette Ponce, PIO Date: August 6, 2001

Office: 214-670-7949 Immediate Release

Pager : 214-670-4115,code 9885

Three-Alarm Fire Affects Dallas

West End High Rise

Date of Incident: August 5, 2001

Location: Moline Building

302 N. Market Street

Response: Three Alarm

14 Major pieces of equipment

56 Firefighters

Times: 1^st alarm 9:36 p.m.

2^nd alarm 9:42 p.m.

3^rd alarm 10:30 p.m.

Under Control @ 1:18p.m.

Cause: Failure to clean barbeque pit

Injuries: One- Firefighter with minor injuries

Damages: $25,000-Structure

$5,000-Content

Details: Upon arrival, Dallas Firefighters noticed heavy smoke coming out of the flue located on the roof of this five-story building. This flue was connected to a barbeque pit, used by Sonny Bryan’s Barbeque, located in the basement of the building. The fire started in the flue and traveled up. Fire was also found in the walls between the 1^st and 2^nd floors. The cause of this fire is failure to clean the barbeque pit and flue. One firefighter was injured at the scene with minor lacerations to his arm and was treated on the scene.