Fire at eatery

CHAMIKARA WEERASINGHE

A fire broke out at an eatery on Bastian Mawatha near the Fort Railway station at about 12.50 pm yesterday. A kitchen worker at the eatery said the blaze started following a gas leak.

The Colombo Municipal Fire Brigade brought the fire under control in about an hour. Fire fighters said they received a call from the Fort police station at 12.53pm.

Fire Station Officer Wijesuriya said they doused the fire before it spread to other shops in the area.

"It spread to an adjacent fruit stall," he said. "no injuries were reported," Wijesuriya said.

"The 200 square foot eatery and the fruit stall were damaged," he said."The blaze did not affect other shops because we put it out in a short time," he added.