Crews from the Prince William Service Authority were called to investigate steam coming from a manhole cover near an Olive Garden restaurant.
Someone at Wendy’s fast food restaurant poured extremely hot water into their drains, said Service Authority spokesman Kipp Hanley.
That caused steam to come out of a manhole cover near the Olive Garden, located across the street from the Wendy’s near Potomac Mills mall. A fire and rescue crew was called to the Olive Garden to investigate a report a smoke from the manhole at about 2 p.m.
“The substance coming from the manhole at Olive Garden was steam, not smoke…” stated Hanley in an email to Potomac Local.
Service Authority crews also investigated an unrelated call that came in about the same time as the steam in the manhole, at the Silver Diner restaurant near Olive Garden.
“The [Service Authority] investigated and determined it was a grease trap issue that is the responsibility of the business owner to address,” stated Hanley in an email.
