A fire gutted a restaurant outside the Horta da Mitra Municipal Market in the early hours of yesterday, according to the Fire Services Bureau (CB).
The fire erupted at around 6:30 a.m. at the well-known Tai Heng Noodle Shop – located at the junction of Rua de Horta e Costa and Rua da Colina. The eatery is in a two-storey house at the junction. The fire broke out on the first floor.
Alerted by a call, firefighters rushed to the scene and extinguished the blaze within an hour.
Firemen stand in front of the fire-gutted Tai Heng Noodle Shop near the Horta da Mitra Municipal Market after extinguishing a blaze which broke out on the upper floor in the early hours of yesterday. Photo: Iong Tat Choi