Fire hits Zar Mance restaurant in Novi Sad, guests evacuated
About 20 square meters of the kitchen of a restaurant on Kisacka Street burned. Everyone got out, two people examined on site were unhurt, and an on-site investigation will determine the cause.
A fire broke out early on Saturday, October 10, in the kitchen of the Zar Mance restaurant on Kisacka Street in Novi Sad. According to initial information, the flames engulfed about 20 square meters of kitchen space and part of the inventory. Everyone who was in the restaurant was evacuated, and no one was injured.
What happened at the Zar Mance restaurant?
The exact time the fire started has not been released. Unofficially, an employee was unable to put out the flames in the early stage, after which firefighters were called. Several fire engines and a Emergency Medical Services team arrived at the scene. How many vehicles and firefighters took part in the response has not been announced.
Two media outlets that reported on the incident describe the affected area in different words. One says the fire covered about 20 square meters of the kitchen, the other that this much of the kitchen and part of the inventory burned. The figure is the same in both cases.
According to initial information, the fire has been contained. The evacuation covered everyone in the restaurant, but how many people were inside when the fire broke out has not been stated either.
Was anyone injured?
No. A team from the Novi Sad Institute for Emergency Medical Services examined a 30-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man at the scene. According to Dr. Duska Laketa of the Novi Sad Institute for Emergency Medical Services, both were uninjured and had no health complaints. They were advised to see a doctor if needed.
Dr. Laketa’s statement was relayed in the sources as a paraphrase rather than word for word, so it is reported here only as far as those sources carry it.
What is known about the cause?
The cause has not been established. As stated, an on-site investigation will determine it, and its results had not been made public by the time of publication. The unofficial account of the employee who tried to put out the fire describes only how the incident began and does not say what started it.
No damage estimate has been released either, beyond the roughly 20 square meters of kitchen and the part of the inventory that was lost. It is also not known whether the restaurant will keep operating after the fire.
In brief
- Where: Zar Mance restaurant, Kisacka Street, Novi Sad
- When: Saturday, October 10, early morning, exact time not released
- What was affected: about 20 square meters of the kitchen and part of the inventory
- People: everyone evacuated, a woman (30) and a man (27) examined and uninjured
- Cause: to be determined by an on-site investigation
