Appliance failure caused a fire and an estimated $40,000 in damages at the Livestock Café in Visalia, California.

A kitchen fire caused an estimated $40,000 in damages to Visalia's Livestock Cafe early Sunday morning. (Photo: Calley Cederlof)

Appliance failure causes early morning fire at Visalia restaurant
Calley Cederlof, ccederlof@visaliatimesdelta.com 

Published 12:54 p.m. PT Dec. 3, 2017 

VISALIA, CALIFORNIA


An early morning blaze caused an estimated $40,000 in damages to a Visalia restaurant.

Just before 1 a.m. on Sunday, Visalia Fire Department was called to a fire at the Livestock Café, located on the Visalia Stockyard property in northeast Visalia. When they arrived, they saw fire and smoke billowing out of the restaurant's roof.

Fire crews entered the building and discovered the kitchen ablaze and flames threatening to spread.


The cause of the fire is accidental and appears to be related to an equipment failure in the kitchen, Visalia fire officials said.

There were no injuries and the business was unoccupied at the time of the fire.

Three fire engines, one ladder truck and one battalion chief responded to the incident.

It's not known when the restaurant will be allowed to reopen.

An appliance failure appears to be the culprit here, perhaps a motor malfunction.

Another cause could be a grease fire.  They typically happen after the closing of the restaurant in the hood exhaust area of the kitchen where accumulated grease smolders and eventually catches fire.  Lack of proper cleaning is the typical culprit.

Smoking and non-functioning smoke alarm led to the apartment fire that killed 12-year-old boy Thomas J. Curley in Rockaway Park, Queens, NY

Thomas Curley died from smoke inhalation three hours after the accidental blaze erupted in the Queens building. (Facebook)

Thomas Curley died from smoke inhalation three hours after the accidental blaze erupted in the Queens building. (Facebook)

Smoking, broken fire alarm led to Queens blaze that killed 12-year-old boy


BY Laura Dimon
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Monday, December 4, 2017, 9:52 AM

Smoking — combined with a defunct smoke alarm — caused the tragic Queens fire that killed a 12-year-old boy, the FDNY said.

Thomas Curley died from smoke inhalation three hours after the accidental blaze erupted in the apartment building on Ocean Promenade near Beach 123rd St. in Rockaway Park around 3:05 a.m. Sunday, according to officials. He was rushed to Nassau Community Medical Center, but could not be saved.

"Per FDNY Fire Marshals: Cause of this morning's fatal all-hands fire at 122-20 Ocean Promenade QNS was accidental, smoking. Smoke alarm not operational," read a Sunday night tweet from the FDNY.



Thomas' heartbroken neighbors described the boy as good-natured and said he played the trumpet at Scholars' Academy. "He's a well-mannered, good kid from a good family," said Justin Martin, 33. "If I ever had a son, I'd want him to be just like that."



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December 4, 2017


NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — 

A 12-year-old boy died after being found unresponsive early Sunday in a fire in Rockaway Park, Queens.

As CBS2’s Hazel Sanchez reported, black soot marked the windows of the apartment where 12-year-old Thomas J. Curly lost his life. First responders were called at 3:10 a.m. for the fire in the building at 122-20 Ocean Promenade.

Once the fire was out, responders found the boy — known to his family as T.J. — unconscious and unresponsive at the scene, police said.


T.J. was rushed to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.


Bob Canavan is the boy’s neighbor.

“Around 4 o’clock in the morning, a man was knocking on my window. He was on the fire escape saying there was a fire. ‘You got to get out! You got to get out now!’” Canavan said. “So I opened the door to the hall, but there was so much smoke. You couldn’t get out there.”

Neighbors said T.J.’s mother, Brianne Curly – along with her boyfriend and the boy’s grandfather – found their way out of the burning apartment.

Brianna Curly was screaming for help to save her son trapped inside. Firefighters discovered his lifeless body.

Friends said T.J.’s smile could light up the room, and he made everyone he met feel special.

“A happy, jolly kid. If you were upset, he would hug you no matter who you were,” said friend Gianna Cillia. “If you were a stranger and you were upset, he would hug you. He was different.”

Gianna said T.J. was her best friend. She woke up to the devastating news of the fire that took his life.

Neighbors could not believe the sweet boy they called T.J. was gone.

“He was just a good all around kid,” said neighbor Louis Harris. “Everybody liked him.”

“He was a very, very nice little boy” another neighbor said. “Very nice.”

“He was excited! The tree lighting, Santa Claus – just, just sad,” said friend Luisa Guzman.

While the neighborhood mourned the loss of a bright, musically talented young boy with an old soul, many were worried about his mother losing her only son.

“He’s not like the rest of the kids,” Gianna said. “No one was like him.”

“You can never accept that. That’s one thing that can never be OK with,” said Barbara Cilla, ‘and I know his mom is going to be awfully upset for a very long time.”

The New York City Fire Marshal ruled that the cause of the fire was smoking, and the fire was accidental. The smoke alarms were not operational.

T.J.’s surviving family members all had their conditions listed as stable late Sunday.

Students at P.S. 114 in Belle Harbor where T.J. went to school will all wear blue in his honor on Monday. Blue was T.J.’s favorite color.

The New York City Medical Examiner’s office will determine the cause of T.J.’s death.

PCC Rollmet, Inc. worker, 50, killed while working with heavy machinery in Irvine, California

IRVINE, CA – 

A 50-year-old man died Friday morning, Dec. 1, in an apparent accident at an Irvine metal tubing and pipe manufacturing company.

The incident happened shortly before 11 a.m. at PCC Rollmet, Inc. at 1822 Deere Avenue. He had been working with heavy machinery when the accident happened, said Capt. Larry Kurtz of the Orange County Fire Authority.

Irvine police and Cal-OSHA are conducting investigations.







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