Crews arrived in five fire engines after the call came in at 9.45pm and spent about an hour bringing the blaze in the ground-floor store, called Hollywood, under control. 
Police suspected a short circuit caused the fire.

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After-hours fire destroys clothes shop at Phuket mall

A fire engulfed a three-unit clothing store at Phuket’s Ocean shopping mall after closing time on Monday night. No one was injured.