Promenade mall evacuated after fire breaks out inside restaurant, officials say
CBC
Promenade Shopping Centre was evacuated Thursday after a fire broke out inside the Thornhill mall.
Video posted to social media showed plumes of black smoke billowing from the building in the area of Bathurst and Centre streets.
Vaughan Dep. Fire Chief Grant Moffat said the fire started inside the kitchen of a restaurant and then went through the roof. Police originally said it began inside a supermarket.
The entire mall was soon evacuated as a precaution.
Moffat says the fire has since been knocked down, but there remains light smoke throughout the mall, which is being ventilated.
There are no reports of injuries.
Vaughan's fire investigator will be investigating the cause and origin of the fire, Moffat says.
The mall is likely to be closed for the remainder of the day.