Investigators are looking into the cause of a fire behind a disused restaurant that saw New Malden High Street closed for two hours yesterday.
Thick black smoke was spotted rising from a single-storey building behind the restaurant, near the Fountain roundabout, at about 6am yesterday.
The building runs behind the restaurant and a cafe that is still operating, and both parts were affected by the flames, Wimbledon firefighters said.
The blaze in the boarded-up building was under control in "a matter of minutes", they added.
Buses were diverted during the road closure.
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