On Friday evening, terrified guests were captured on camera fleeing a fancy Mayfair restaurant as it caught fire.
The footage shows customers fleeing the restaurant, which was transformed into a raging inferno during a Christmas party and was frequented by Love Island contestants.
More than a dozen firefighters responded to the incident at the MNKY HSE Latin American restaurant on Dover Street, but no significant injuries were reported.
The Love Island cast dined at the restaurant in August, following a reunion episode, demonstrating the business’s popularity.
A spokeswoman for the fire department stated that they received a call at 21:40.
On Friday evening, footage captured terrified guests fleeing a fancy Mayfair restaurant as it caught fire.
At a Christmas party, the footage shows people fleeing from a fire that converted a restaurant frequented by members of Love Island into a raging inferno.
This evening in Mayfair, London, hundreds of guests were evacuated after a fire broke out at the MNKY HSE Latin American restaurant (pictured) on Dover Street.
They stated that the event was contained to the building’s basement.
At least five fire engines and twenty-five firefighters arrived at the area.
The fire was extinguished before the arrival of the fire department.
In a longer version of the video released on Instagram, fire trucks can be seen responding to the site, along with the caption, “Nearly burned to death at Mnky Hse, but on to the next.”
Love Island’s Paige Thorne and Adam Collard were among the well-known guests at the eatery. On August 10, the then-couple attended the upscale establishment.
On September 12th, Love Island star Maura Higgins was also present at the restaurant.
Around 300 guests were removed from the restaurant by the security crew.
London Ambulance treated two individuals at the location. They were the only individuals who required medical care.
The London Fire Brigade believes that there were no significant injuries to any individuals.
The fire department utilized thermal imaging to ensure that everything was under control.
Former owner of the longest-running nightclub in the United Kingdom tweeted about the fire.
Around 300 individuals were evacuated from the restaurant by security personnel.
Love Island’s Paige Thorne and Adam Collard were among the well-known guests at the eatery.
A representative for the London Fire Brigade stated in a statement: ‘Christmas decorations inside the building were ablaze and had been extinguished before to the arrival of firefighters.
“Around 300 individuals were evacuated by on-site personnel, and rescuers conducted a systematic search of the building to verify no one was inside upon arrival.” A man and a woman were treated by London Ambulance Service crews at the scene.
Love Island star Harley Brash visited MNKY HSE on November 19, almost one month before to the disaster.
The closure of Dover Street occurred while crews sought to secure the site.
The Brigade was dispatched at 21:40, and the crisis was resolved by 22:18. Five fire engines and around thirty-five firefighters from fire stations in Soho, Lambeth, Kensington, and Chelsea responded to the incident.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, they added.
On July 29, 2019, a film director attended the Blinded By the Light event at MNKY HSE.
The venue is famous with celebrities, but on Friday, after a fire, it was packed with people.
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