Good fire safety equipment is being credited for stopping a fire in a deep fat fryer at Burger King from spreading in the Meridian Mall this morning. An Otago Daily Times photographer at the scene said two appliances were at the Meridian, which had been evacuated. ‘‘It was extinguished by staff with the use of a fire blanket and the sprinkler system, which worked extremely well. Fire crews at the scene this morning while attending to a fire at Burger King in the Meridian Mall. It was extinguished by a couple of firemen wearing breathing apparatus, using one hose.’’He said the fire was not being treated as suspicious.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 31, 2020 20:57 UTC