Posted September 23, 2015

A malfunctioning fryer caused carbon monoxide levels to rise in the Church’s Chicken in the 300 block of W. 2nd Street Wednesday afternoon, which resulted in a brief evacuation of the building.

Sand Springs Fire Chief Mike Wood said the main fryer in the kitchen had to be shut down until it can be evaluated.

“It’s some operational issue with the fryer,” Wood said. “Apparently, [employees] had had some issue with the fryer before, so they hadn’t been using it, but for some reason, today, it was used.”

Carbon monoxide is dangerous at high enough levels, he said.

The restaurant was closed to allow the building to air out as of 2:30 p.m., but was open and serving customers again by about 4 p.m.

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