exp29fire_22.jpg Firefighters from Bluff and Invercargill check for hot spots after extinguishing a fire at the Oyster Cove restaurant, Stirling Point, Bluff yesterday. Photo: Allison BeckhamMore than 20 patrons of the Oyster Cove restaurant at Stirling Point, Bluff, had to be evacuated after a fire broke out in the laundry at the rear of the building about 3.30pm. Owner Ross Jackson, who was not at the restaurant at the time, said his wife, Lynda, evacuated patrons and waited until firefighters arrived on three appliances. Firefighters donned breathing apparatus and removed roofing iron to check above the laundry. He said he had not been inside the restaurant since the fire but expected there would be smoke damage in the main part of the building as well as more serious damage to the laundry.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 26, 2016 05:15 UTC