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No one was hurt early Wednesday morning as fire destroyed a Junction City steakhouse, with dollar damages being estimated at $750,000, authorities said.
The Junction City Fire Department and Kansas State Fire Marshal s Office were investigating but hadn t determined the cause of the blaze at Munson s Prime Steakhouse, 426 Goldenbelt Blvd.
Junction City firefighters were called to the scene after the blaze was reported at 4:17 a.m. Wednesday by an off-duty Geary County Sheriff s deputy, the Junction City Fire Department said in a news release.
The Kansas Department of Transportation responded by putting up signs to warn motorists going past on nearby Interstate 70, the release said.
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Largest gas users ordered to drastically cut usage as gas price skyrockets
Kansas Gas Service Tuesday afternoon directed its large commercial customers to reduce their natural gas usage to “‘plant protection mode, citing an effort to prevent gas outages across the state.
That means reducing gas usage within those plants to “its lowest possible level that will keep pipes from freezing and avoid damage to equipment,” according to a Kansas Gas Service news release.
It’s unclear whether the order forced any businesses in Hutchinson to shut down.
The company declined to identify who any of those large users are and The News did not immediately hear back from several large employers contacted.
The Kansan
An especially cranky Old Man Winter has unleashed his temper on the middle of the nation in the form of a polar vortex that plunged temps to lows not seen in decades for the region.
And just as temps are expected to rise, it appears he has one more blow to deliver massive natural gas bills could be coming as the result of frozen wellheads and never-before-seen demand for natural gas. It s not just us, said Burrton Mayor Rodney Redinger after sitting through multiple briefings of the Kansas Municipal Gas Agency. That s the problem, if this was just Kansas and Nebraska, we would not see the energy issue we have. It is just so widespread. . It s not just us that needs the warmer weather, it is the southern part of the United States, as well.