Lonehill Shopping Centre partially reopens after restaurant fire
The fire was contained to The Braai Room’s kitchen, with no injuries reported and clean-up operations continuing at the restaurant’s left entrance.
Three-quarters of Lonehill Shopping Centre is now operational following a fire at The Braai Room on Sunday morning, October 25.
Robert Mulaudzi, EMS media liaison, confirmed that the fire broke out in the restaurant’s kitchen at about 08:30 and was extinguished by 09:30.
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According to Mulaudzi, emergency services responded and contained the fire before it could spread beyond the kitchen area.
As part of the response, emergency personnel opened the roof ventilator to release smoke and heat from the building.
Mulaudzi confirmed that no injuries were reported.
He also confirmed that approximately three-quarters of the shopping centre is now operational, while the left entrance to The Braai Room remains closed as clean-up operations continue.
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Ward 94 councillor David Foley, who witnessed the fire, told Fourways Review that people inside the shopping centre’s shops were evacuated as a safety precaution while emergency services attended the scene.
Foley said he noticed smoke while filling potholes on Lone Close and Lonehill Boulevard, a road leading into the shopping centre.
Fourways Review attempted to contact The Braai Room for comment but was unsuccessful at the time of publication.
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