Firefighters were called to out to Boston Pizza restaurant at about 1 p.m. on Thursday.
Estevan Deputy Fire Chief Rick Davies said there was nothing major, but people had to leave the building for safety reasons.
“Just before 1 o’clock we were alerted to a possible kitchen fire in Boston Pizza restaurant. Upon arrival the kitchen staff had already shut down the kitchen and evacuated the restaurant area,” said Davies.
Restaurant management informed firefighters that while employees were cooking in the kitchen smoke started filling the room.
Crews checked the building and investigated the cause of the incident.
“We believe there was a problem with HVAC or the exhaust system for the kitchen,” said Davies. “There was no fire at the time that we were there, so there is possibly some internal damage that they would need to call a local contractor to do repairs.”
He also noted that the equipment for kitchen exhaust is located on top of the roof, so a couple of members accessed the roof to investigate that equipment to determine that there was no smoke or fire there.
It took the crews about 15 minutes to ensure that there was no danger and then the scene was returned to the restaurant management.
The restaurant confirmed that they called the specialists to fix the equipment immediately, and re-opened shortly after the incident.
