Fire investigators say restaurant fire started in grease hood
Mar 15th
Investigators with the Boulder Fire Department have determined that the fire at the Oak at Fourteenth restaurant last week started under the grease hood in the restaurant’s kitchen. At the time, cooks were preparing the wood-burning grill and also using the deep-fryer.
The cause of the fire has been determined as accidental.
The fire started on the first floor and traveled up through the grease ducts to the area above the second floor, under the roof. Fire investigators believe the ducts became so hot that they ignited wooden beams and the underside of the roof. Because of the ductwork in this “void” space, access was difficult for firefighters.
The fire sprinkler system in the building is credited with helping to contain the fire. Damage is estimated at more than $1 million.
Mar 15th
Red Flag Warning
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 243 PM MDT TUE MAR 15 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT
QUIET WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES A LITTLE
COOLER ON THE PLAINS. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS COULD DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
WARM AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WEDNESDAY. THIS ALONG WITH
GUSTY WINDS IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS WILL INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER
WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE DANGER WILL EVEN BE HIGHER THURSDAY FOR MOST OF
NORTHEAST COLORADO. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP UNDER A STRONG
JET WHILE THE WARM AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE.
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?MapType=3&site=BOU&CiTemplate=1&map.x=136&map.y=105
Talk on Plutonium in Breathable Dust at Naropa Thursday 7:30pm 63rd & Arapahoe Boulder
Mar 15th
Thursday, March 17 BOULDER
Talk on “Plutonium in Breathable Dust at Rocky Flats”,
by Marco Kaltofen of Boston Chemical Data Corp., a specialist in this field, with local scientists, Harvey Nichols, PhD, & W. Gale Biggs, PhD.
7:30 PM, Naropa University’s Nalanda Campus, 6287 Arapahoe at 63rd St.
Continuing the Nuclear Guardianship at Rocky Flats series.
Talk on “Plutonium in Breathable Dust at Rocky Flats”,
by Marco Kaltofen of Boston Chemical Data Corp., a specialist in this field, with local scientists, Harvey Nichols, PhD, & W. Gale Biggs, PhD.
7:30 PM, Naropa University’s Nalanda Campus, 6287 Arapahoe at 63rd St.
Continuing the Nuclear Guardianship at Rocky Flats series.
