Firefighters from the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation branch (DDPM) at Phuket City Municipality were called to the scene, in Soi Paniang, Samkong, at 12:49am.
The fire trucks arrived to find a jumble of power cables outside the shop on fire.
It didn’t take long for officials to put out the fire, and no people were reported as injured from the fire.
The fire appeared to start from an electrical control box, which was slightly damaged.
The fire teams called the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) officials to come and investigate the problem.
People living in the Phuket City Municipality area were urged to report any such fires as quickly as possible to prevent damage to property or risk to people, by calling 076-211111 or the hotline 199 (24 hours).