Overnight Fire at Rio’s Edifício Touring Contained With No Injuries

Overview

• Firefighters contained flames that started in an external container kitchen at the Edifício Touring in Praça Mauá early Saturday, with no casualties reported.
• CBMERJ logged the call at 12:32 a.m., deployed about 20 responders, controlled the blaze around 1:25 a.m., and closed the incident after rescaldo at 2:39 a.m.
• Mayor Eduardo Cavaliere said a short-circuit in an electric fryer sparked the fire, and authorities are awaiting formal investigative confirmation.
• Officials reported no structural damage to the landmark building, and the venue’s operator said losses were limited to kitchen equipment as staff repaired smoke marks on the façade.
• City hall and organizers said Rio Fashion Week events at the site will continue, and traffic on the nearby Orla Prefeito Luiz Paulo Conde was briefly closed during the response; the 1928, listed building reopened in January as a multi-restaurant hub run by Grupo Belmonte.