Residents of an apartment building in Kato Paphos were evacuated as a precaution in the early hours of Saturday after a fire broke out in a restaurant, the fire service said.
Firefighters were called to the scene at 3.26am and brought the blaze under control at 4.49am.
The restaurant is in a mixed-use building housing shops and apartments .
The fire caused damage to the mezzanine and a small room
