Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters were called to a fire at a public house on Spaniards Road in Hampstead.

Part of the kitchen of a ground floor restaurant and a small part of a single toilet on the first floor of the building were damaged by fire. Around 80 people left the building before the Brigade arrived. There were no reports of any injuries.

The Brigade was called at 1759 and the fire was under control by 1927. Fire crews from West Hampstead and Finchley fire stations attended the scene.

The Brigade’s Fire Investigators believe the fire was accidental and caused by a grill which was placed on a shelf and ignited timbers under the plaster board.