Fire guts popular Durban beachfront restaurant

Fan favourite beachfront café, Surf Riders Food Shack, was damaged by a fire that broke out in the early hours if this morning.
According to our media liaison Andreas Mathios one of our armed response officers was dispatched to Surf Riders, situated on Erskine Terrace opposite Addington Beach, following an alarm activation at about 1am. “He arrived to a smoke-filled building and detected a fire inside, immediately notifying our control centre who then called the Durban Fire Department to the scene.”
Firefighters broke down the door to extinguish the flames and according to the fire chief’s preliminary findings, the blaze was caused by burning pieces of wood in one of the ovens that weren’t snuffed out, although a full investigation will be conducted.
Point SAPS were also on scene.
UPDATE: Good news from the Surf Riders team confirm that the fire was contained and they will be open for business today.