BBC News, West Midlands
A Curry House has re -opened a staff member a few days after jumping from a window to avoid the flames.
Shabab owner Zafar Hussain welcomed the moment as “mission complete” after the top floor of the Birmingham restaurant with a major explosion last Sunday.
A different bottom kitchen has enabled the site to partially reopen. Mr. Hussain said that he did not want to lose his regular customers and said that he wanted to honor the booking made by those going to Edgbaston to watch Test match cricket next week.
He said that the cost is likely to be around 200,000 pounds, which will eventually be claimed back through the insurers.
Famous historian and regular customer Carl Chin added Mr. Hussain through the first door, which was “quite busy night” despite a low capacity.
“It was an emotional,” said Mr. Hussain. “Everyone gave us a tap on the back, to say that we have done very well.”
Earlier this week, the 40 -year -old described the BBC by his family for a lifetime, “a crisp in ten minutes”.
The fire was initiated by an oil fryer that was left in the top kitchen and made it worse than the use of the wrong fire extinguisher.
“Many people thought that ‘this is, the glory has gone forever’,” Mr. Hussain said. “It’s just a relief that we are open back again.”
It is expected that the entire restaurant will be open to dinner from next week, when employees did not find the employees in the bid “on their skates” to not lose regularly.
Australia has sent words of support as well wishes and Mr. Hussain said that the community’s response was “unprecedented”.
“It was important to me and was important that I re -opened the restaurant for my family,” he said.
“I did not have to go to my brother and father [and see] Disadvantages, they were just heartbroken.
“A mission was completed for me to get it open and to get the publishes.”