Kitchen fire damages Nanuet restaurant

A fire tore through the back of Fortune Garden Restaurant in Nanuet on Saturday night, leaving the kitchen with significant damage.

The fire was reported around 7 p.m. at the Chinese restaurant at 211 West Route 59, where a grease fire appears to have started in the kitchen before extending into the ventilation system, according to Clarkstown police.

Flames were visible in the back of the building, police said, but there were no injuries as everyone inside the restaurant was evacuated.

Nanuet Assistant Fire Chief Brian Ready said that there would have to be repairs to the fan and duct work in the kitchen, which sustained water damage and would need extensive clean-up.

He said the fire was contained to the kitchen and was under control fairly quickly, but that it would probably be a significant period of time before the restaurant was able to reopen.

Firefighters from Pearl River, Spring Valley and West Nyack also responded, Ready said.

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