A bucket of greasy rags sparked a small fire in the kitchen of a Manoa Marketplace restaurant early Friday morning, a Fire Department spokesman said.
The fire was reported at 2:28 a.m in the kitchen at the Tokoname restaurant at Manoa Marketplace.
Arriving firefighters saw light smoke coming from the back of the two-story strip mall at 2:34 a.m.
Firefighters brought the fire under control by 2:41 a.m. and extinguished it at 3:23 a.m.
The cause of the fire is believed to be spontaneous combustion of the rags in the kitchen.
Damage is estimated at $200.
No injuries were reported.