Sprinkler system set off at IHOP

30 minutes 54 seconds ago by Q2 News

BILLINGS - The owner of IHOP on the Billings West End is reviewing surveillance video after a person entered the restaurant and apparently tried to start a fire in the men's restroom.

Fire crews responded to the restaurant just before 7 a.m. Wednesday.

Owner Bob Llana said the restaurant was shut down momentarily while water around the restroom was cleaned up.

The restaurant reopened shortly after the cleanup.

Llana is not sure who caused the sprinkler system in the bathroom to go off, but he plans to review surveillance video and hand it over to the Billings Police Department.

He said nothing like this has happened at the restaurant before, and it appeared to be a random act.

"We handled it pretty quickly and took all the necessary steps," he said.

In the midst of the commotion, Llana said, the restaurant is celebrating the chain's highest operational assessment award for 2014.

He said they were reviewed and monitored on categories like food handling, preparation and cleanliness and scored perfect in all of the categories.

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Sprinkler system set off at IHOP