Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Asheville, NC – Sprinkler system assists firefighters in extinguishing overnight blaze at local pub November 19, 2015 viking210 An early morning fire at Westville Pub has been ruled accidental. The fire was reported at 1:15 a.m. Sunday, said Asheville Fire Department spokeswoman Kelley Klope. The fire started in the HVAC duct work, she said. The pub, 777 Haywood Road, posted on its Facebook page that it will be closed for the next few days for repairs. According to a fire department report, crews arriving on the scene found duct work in the kitchen on fire and smoke banked down to about waist level. The sprinkler system was activated and with water crews were able to extinguish the fire, then open up the duct work with a roof hook to ensure it was out.
