[PICTURES] Fire in the kitchen of an upmarket hotel

The spokesperson for Johannesburg Emergency Services, Nana Radebe says they attended to a call that the kitchen was on fire. 

"When we got there, parts of the kitchen was on fire, but we managed to extinguish the fire within 10 minutes," Radebe says.

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The Nelson Mandela Square undertook emergency evacuation of the premises for the safety of the shoppers, tenants and staff.

Radebe says one person was treated and transported to a hospital for smoke inhalation.

Radebe says no damage has been recorded.

The cause of the fire is not yet known.