N.D. restaurant damaged by prank

BISMARCK (AP) — Police report $2,500 in damage to a Bismarck fast food restaurant after a prank caller persuaded the assistant manager to set off the restaurant’s fire suppression system.

Police said the restaurant manager at the KFC restaurant reported the incident Monday.

Lt. Randy Ziegler said the assistant manager got a call around 3 p.m. on Oct. 7, saying the fire suppression system should be checked. Ziegler said the caller said the system had been shut off via computer and that police and fire departments would be notified if the assistant manager did not pull a pin to test the system.

Ziegler said the assistant manager pulled the pin, setting off the fire suppression system and causing damage that forced the restaurant to close.

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