Girard Fire Department seeks to close restaurant for fire-code violations

WARREN — Girard officials filed a complaint today in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court against the owners of Girard Wok restaurant, 44 W. Liberty St., seeking to shut down the restaurant until it corrects purported fire-code violations.

The lawsuit names as defendants the owners of the restaurant, Sue Zhang and Xin X. Zheng, and the Girard company D&G Properties of 52 W. Liberty St. The lawsuit says D&G Properties owns the property where the restaurant is located. The 52 W. Liberty St. address is that of Girard Hardware.

When reached by phone today, Zhang said she would have her son call back, but no call was received.

D&G Properties consists of Daniel Camuso and George Thomas, according to the lawsuit. They could not be reached to comment.

The suit says Steven Drake, a Girard firefighter and certified fire-safety inspector, inspected the restaurant Sept. 22 and wrote a report listing fire-code violations relating to grease accumulation in the ductwork and hood fans at the restaurant and failure to keep inspection, maintenance and testing records for the fire-protection system, the lawsuit said.

The business was given 30 days to correct the six purported violations but has not complied, the suit said.

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