Richmond restaurant Cirrick evacuated after New Year's Day kitchen fire (From Your Local Guardian)
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Richmond restaurant Cirrick evacuated after New Year's Day kitchen fire
8:10am Friday 6th January 2012 in Richmond By Christine Fleming
Cirrik: Scene of the fire
A restaurant was evacuated on New Year’s Day after a kitchen fire broke out.
Turkish restaurant Cirrik, in Kew Road, Richmond, was open when the fire broke out but only had five staff inside at the time. None of them were injured.
Richmond fire brigade was called to put out the flames at 12.30pm.
Watch manager Ben Midgley said: “Four fire crews attended the fire, which was limited to the extractor fan ducting in the kitchen and some of the boxing round the ducting.
“The extractor fan was above the [restaurant’s] charcoal grill and something had flashed or burnt in the charcoal grill and set alight to debris or grease in the fan.”
The fire was reportedly under control within half an hour but fire crews stayed on the scene for about two-and-a-half hours to ensure there was no further danger.
