COLONIE – Four fast-meals chains Friday have been closed quickly until they fixed grease dripping out of their exhaust systems, an extended-standing fire code violation, the county health department said. A Jersey Mike’s and Moe’s in the Shoppes at Latham Circle and two more Moe’s locations — on Wolf Road and in Colonie Center — had been closed overdue Friday by the city fire inspector. After passing Albany County Health Department inspections, three eating places re-opened on Saturday and one Sunday, Town Supervisor Paula Mahan stated.
Mahan stated the issues have been with the eating places’ oven hoods and suppression systems, which can be tied together to lessen fires. The hood device provides exhaust for grease vapor that goes out of the kitchen and can be a heart danger if it meets flammable substances.
Mahan stated that the suppression machine serves as another backup to attain a positive temperature, fire extinguishers spark off, and the hood region suppresses the heat.
“This has been a difficulty they have been berating on. For the safety aspect, which is our principal precedence, the consensus that all of us agreed on became that we needed to close to get them into compliance,” Mahan said. Our precedence is to maintain all sundry safety, and our human beings worked with them and understood what they needed to do.”
Jersey Mike’s and Moe’s did not respond to a request for comment about why the issue hadn’t been fixed earlier.
