NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION

Date:  April 29, 2018

Time:  12:54 a.m

Location / Address:  Wheelhouse Restaurant, 20658 Wilkins Avenue, Rock Hall, Kent County

Type of Incident: Fire

Description of Structure / Property:  4026 square foot Restaurant

Owner / Occupants:  Scott and Bryn Ponti

Injuries or Deaths:  None

Estimated $ Loss: Structure: $4,000.00   Contents: $2,000.00

Smoke Alarm Status:  N/A

Fire Alarm / Sprinkler Status: Present and Activated

Arrests(s):  None

Primary Responding Fire Department:  Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Company

# of Alarms:   1      # Of Firefighters:    25

Time to Control: 68 minutes

Discovered By:  Owner/Employees

Area of Origin:  Kitchen

Preliminary Cause:   Accidental due to a failure within the kitchen hood system.

Additional Information: 

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