A kitchen fire broke out at a ground-floor restaurant near the junction of Nathan Road and Austin Road in Jordan at about 9.30am on October 29.
Thick smoke billowed into the street. Customers left the restaurant and staff evacuated, while passers-by covered their faces or moved away. Firefighters extinguished the fire and no injuries were reported.
The Transport Department announced that all lanes of Austin Road towards Hung Hom were closed between Nathan Road and Cox’s Road. The slow lane of Nathan Road towards Salisbury Road was also closed near Austin Road, and traffic was reported to be heavy.