Early morning fire destroys restaurant, house in New Amsterdam

Fire blazing at Jokwesan’s Creole Restaurant and Catering Service

An early morning fire in New Amsterdam, which destroyed a popular restaurant and a house, has left two people homeless and ten others jobless.

The fire which reportedly originated in the kitchen of popular restaurant Jokwesan’s Creole Corner and Catering Service at Charlotte Street east, blazed its way through the restaurant destroying it and an old wooden house next door. Efforts by the fire service to save the restaurant and neighbouring house were futile,