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Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:48 PM CST
Sparks in Morgan's
but no fire damage




By JG/TC Staff

MATTOON -- Sparks from a water heater resulted in a fire call at Morgan's Meat Market Wednesday afternoon, Mattoon Assistant Fire Chief Andy Adair said.

Employees noticed the sparks from the heater in the washroom of the meat market, which is famous for Fluffy Burgers. Employees were evacuated after Mattoon firefighters were alerted at 3:01 p.m. Morgan's is located at 1401 DeWitt Ave.

"They saw something back there and it tripped a breaker," Adair said as firefighters prepared to leave the scene.

The meat market was serving its last customers of 2008 when the incident occurred. The business was scheduled to close at 3 p.m. on New Year's Eve.

Morgan's has arranged for repairs on the water heater and expects to open for regular hours after the New Year holiday.


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medic57 wrote on Dec 31, 2008 6:20 PM:

" Employees noticed the sparks from the heater in the washroom of the meat market, which is famous for Fluffy Burgers.

WOW, talk about an advertisement. "

The Dude wrote on Dec 31, 2008 9:50 PM:

" All seriousness aside, that would have been one huge cookout. "

Old Grumpy wrote on Jan 1, 2009 4:55 PM:

" I'll bet the firefighters enjoyed the break from pizza! LOL "

Rotty wrote on Jan 1, 2009 7:32 PM:

" The Dude wrote on Dec 31, 2008 9:50 PM:

"All seriousness aside, that would have been one huge cookout."

.......

They were probably getting a jump start on the "Barack Obama Parkway" or FutureGon festivities.

Thank goodness they were all extinguished.
LOL! "

Harry Potter wrote on Jan 2, 2009 8:08 PM:

" I heard the folks at the Pizza joint on Western (which will remain anonymous) were so upset over the loss of business that they were planning on a fire of their own, just to get the fireman back, Grumpy. "

 


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