An Ayrshire pub was evacuated after a kitchen fire broke out.
First Edition was emptied yesterday afternoon after the blaze erupted in the Kilmarnock boozer's kitchen.
The Bank Street venue described the fire as small and praised staff and customers for reacting to the situation so well.
A statement on First Edition's Facebook page from last night read: "Earlier tonight, we evacuated our site due to a small fire in our kitchen. We aim to be reopen for 5:30pm
"Our kitchen will remain closed for the remainder of the night.
"We want to thank all of our customers who were in the pub for reacting so well.
"And a special thanks to our staff for managing the situation excellently.
"Everyone is safe and and we hope to see you all again later tonight."
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