2-week truce for hot sauce maker, California city
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A cooling-off period has been called in the fight between the makers of a wildly popular hot sauce and the Southern California city that says its air is too spicy to bear.
The Irwindale City Council delayed a decision for two weeks Wednesday night on declaring the Sriracha plant a public nuisance.
About 100 supporters of the hot sauce including owner David Tran rallied outside City Hall before the meeting.
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Irwindale's city attorney requested the delay, saying he's in settlement talks with attorneys for Sriracha maker Huy Fong Foods.
Two weeks ago, council members tentatively but unanimously voted the 2-year-old plant was a nuisance.
If the council had finalized its vote Wednesday, Huy Fong would have had 90 days to stop releasing the spicy emanations that neighbors say are burning their eyes and throats