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Last
time it was Café India in Glasgow, this time it was Khushi's
in Edinburgh, said to be the oldest in the city.
Hundreds of Christmas revellers
were evacuated from Victoria Street and the Cowgate after a fire
broke out in Khushi's Restaurant just before 8pm. Two days after the
blaze started, firemen were still fighting the flames.
The area was packed with festive
party-goers on what is traditionally one of the busiest nights of the
year for the emergency services and licensed premises. The fire
happened six years to the month after a huge blaze in the Cowgate
destroyed a dozen properties and businesses.
The fire destroyed the roof and
the top floors of the Indian restaurant and there was concern the
flames would spread to neighbouring businesses - the Liquid Room
nightclub and Finnegan's Wake pub.
The restaurant had extensive fire
damage - whole floors have been destroyed by the fire and the entire
building has been affected.
The fire was contained within the
Khushi's building, but the neighbouring businesses - the Liquid Room
and Finnegan's Wake -were both badly damaged by smoke and water from
the fire. |
