ACT Fire and Rescue has responded to an alarm at a restaurant in the Canberra Centre.
Fire fighters were alerted to a fire in the kitchen of a restaurant on the ground floor of the north quarter on Bunda Street at 11.45am.
Fire crews arrived to find a small fire in the kitchen had been extinguished by automatic sprinklers.
Update to follow.
12:44
Staff at the restaurant evacuated when the automatic sprinklers came on.
Firefighters conducted atmospheric testing in the restaurant and the nearby public area of The Canberra Centre, giving it the all clear.
Parts of Bunda street were closed so fire crews could access the restaurant.
There were no injuries and firefighters say the automatic alarm system prevented the fire spreading.
Damage has been confined to water from the automatic sprinkler system.
12:59
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