A man who claimed to be from the fire department tricked a local restaurant manager into taking action that resulted in a costly incident Sunday.
Baytown police said that at about 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, the general manager of the Arby’s on Garth Road answered a telephone call at the fast-food establishment and spoke with a man who claimed to be with the Baytown Fire Department. That man told the manager that he needed to pull the lever for the fire suppression equipment to enable a test to be performed, but assured him that the system was off and that nothing would happen.
The manager did as instructed and at first nothing did happen, but the caller told him to pull the lever again.
That time something did happen. The fire suppression system did what it was supposed to do. Sprayers in the ceiling sprayed out a fire suppressing foam on cooking areas and other locations.
The caller told the manager that he and any other employees present should immediately vacate the premises and also break out windows to ventilate the area. READ THE REST
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