Central Wellington streets were cordoned off Thursday morning after a
small fire in the kitchen of a McDonald's restaurant.
Fire crews
were rushed to the scene as the restaurant was part of a BP service station.
Central fire
communications shift manager Murray Dunbar told NZPA the blaze, which started
about 8.15am, was restricted to an extraction system in the kitchen, but was
now extinguished.
Cable Street and Wakefield Street had been
cordoned off during the incident.