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Monday, November 12, 2007

Fire at Kontra

It appears that there has been a fire at Kontra Coffee, the coffee roaster around the corner from where I live. This morning I noticed an unusually large amount of smoke coming from Kontra's rooftop exhaust. Then I saw that there was also smoke coming our from the front door that was open and soon after the fire engines (quite a few of them) started arriving. I did not get closer to see what was happening as I was rushing to the office (and I am sure that the guys at Kontra had better things to do than have a chat), but I hope it isn't anything serious. I am sure we will learn more soon...

EDIT (12.11.): The good news is that Kontra's roaster was not damaged by the fire and the damage to the premises doesn't appear to be extensive.

EDIT (18.11.): The fire was in the exhaust ducting from the roaster. The beans that were being roasted at the time of the fire were dumped so that they did not have time to catch fire or harm the roaster. The insurance companies are currently assessing the damage and discussing to each other, but as soon as this has been done the repair work will begin. The current estimate is that Kontra will be roasting again in their own premises at the end of the week starting tomorrow. In the meantime, Kontra is able to continue supporting its customers uninterrupted with some help from another Danish roaster...

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