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Dave Drum (dirty_dave@chillicooks.org)
Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:39:23 -0500
Spicy Chili Smell Leads to Evacuation
Oct 3, 1:59 PM (ET)
By RAPHAEL G. SATTER
LONDON (AP) - Super spicy chili sauce being cooked at a London Thai
restaurant sparked road closures and evacuations after passers-by
complained that the smell was burning their throats, police said
Wednesday.
London Fire Brigade's chemical response team was called after reports
that a strong smell was wafting from the restaurant in the heart of
London's Soho district Monday afternoon, a Metropolitan police
spokesman said, speaking anonymously in line with force policy.
Authorities sealed off several premises and closed roads. The Times of
London described shoppers coughing and spluttering as firefighters
wearing special breathing masks sought the source of the smell.
The paper said firefighters smashed down the door of the Thai Cottage
restaurant and seized extra-hot bird's eye chilies which had been left
dry-frying. It said they were being prepared as part of a batch of Nam
Prik Pao, a spicy Thai dip.
"The smoke didn't go up into the sky because of the rain and the heavy
air," The Times quoted Thai Cottage owner Sue Wasboonma as saying.
"It's the hottest thing we make."
The police spokesman said no arrests were made in the case.
"As far as I'm aware it's not a criminal offense to cook very strong
chili," he said.
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