'I don't know how to start again': Devastation as much-loved café burned out in fire

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

The owner of a much-loved north Manchester café has spoken of her heartbreak after it was gutted by a fire. The inferno ripped through Trisian's Traditional Family Restaurant, in Harpurhey Shopping Centre, on Sunday afternoon (January 5).

The café was shut when the blaze broke out shortly after 3pm. Plumes of thick black smoke were seen billowing from the front of the café as fire crews tackled the flames.

Owner Thuy Nguyen rushed to the scene after a worker at a nearby shop phoned her to tell her what had happened. "The fire service were already outside," she explained. "I tried to run to the shop but they stopped me and said it was too dangerous." After firefighters had doused the flames, Ms Nguyen was allowed to enter the café, where she encountered a scene of devastation.

The kitchen has been left with extensive damage while a layer of soot covers the tables, chairs and floor of the café's main seating area. "I didn't believe it would be this bad," Ms Nguyen said. "I hoped it would just be something tiny but when I came in I was like 'oh my God'. "Everything in the kitchen is damaged.