A fire at an Auckland city centre bistro forced the evacuation of Hotel de Bretts in late January. An alarm which went off at Hotel de Bretts in O’Connell Street in the early morning alerted firefighters to smoke at O’Connell’s Bistro.
Bistro owner Chris Upton said the kitchen at the central Auckland restaurant was destroyed and there was damage to dining areas. He said a fire investigator was looking at what caused the fire, suspected to be an electrical fault.
