Fire destroys chip shop

A fire has destroyed a fish and chip shop in Mangakino, southwest of Tokoroa, today.

Fire crews from Mangakino, Tokoroa and Taupo were called to the blaze at The Marlin on Rangatira Drive about 7.30am.

It took about an hour to get under control, Mangakino chief fire officer John Kelso said.

The fire was started by a deep fryer and the staff who were in the building escaped uninjured, he said.

The building was in a block of about five stores with one, an unoccupied shop, suffering a partly burnt roof.

- NZPA