Almost 300 people had to be evacuated after a fire broke out at a busy shopping centre in Melbourne's north on Wednesday.
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A Metropolitan Fire Brigade spokesman said the blaze was believed to have started in the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant in Gladstone Park Shopping Centre's food court around 11.45am.
A total of 200 shoppers had to be evacuated, along with 77 children at a nearby child-care centre.
UPDATE: Gladstone Park Shopping Centre fire is under control, all evacuated safely with no injuries. pic.twitter.com/A9bHOqKj91— 7 News Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) June 1, 2016
A team of 23 firefighters managed to extinguish the blaze, the MFB spokesman said.
An Ambulance Victoria spokeswoman said paramedics were called to the scene and were on stand-by.
None of the evacuated shoppers or children needed any medical attention, she said.
MFB crews were ventilating the premises and ensuring the fire had not spread into the roof space, a spokesman said.