A chip shop on Brighton seafront was severely damaged by a fire at the start of the bank holiday weekend last week (according to the BBC). Over 40 firefighters tackled the blaze at the Beach Break Cafe at the Kings Road Arches on Thursday afternoon. Customers had been in the cafe when the fire broke out at about 1530 BST. The Umi Hotel on the seafront also had to be evacuated because of the smoke from the blaze.
The usually busy A259 was closed for a time while engineers ensured there had been no structural damage to the road. Sussex Police said no-one had been injured in the fire.
One customer who was in the shop when it started said: “We were sitting there having our fish and chips and all this smoke started coming out of the fan at the top and the next thing there were flames coming out.
“The fire brigade turned up within minutes and the flames were just billowing out.”
View an onlookers video of how the fire unfolded here:
YouTube Broadcast Video of events unfolding
Yet again it looks like a grease extract ductwork fire has occurred within a restaurant; this time at The Beach Break Cafe in Brighton.
It will be of interest to see if this gets the Fire and Rescue Services spending more time and resources on checking the condition of grease extract ductwork systems in restaurants across the UK.
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