MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Fire gutted a bar and a restaurant on Ward Avenue in Mandeville on Saturday morning, leaving two business owners with over $20 million in losses and scores of neighbouring establishments without electricity.

Firefighters at the Mandeville Fire Station received a call about 4:15 am that the two businesses, Newsman Fry Chicken and No Traction Chill Spot, were on fire.

The blaze was contained and, following cooling down operations, was extinguished shortly after 6:00 am. Preliminary reports from the fire department estimated the loss resulting from the fire at $20 million.