Mark Wahlberg’s Vegas restaurant catches fire hours before ribbon-cutting ceremony [Video]

Mark Wahlberg’s new restaurant caught fire just hours before hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The 53-year-old Hollywood star – who also owns the Wahlburgers chain with brothers Paul and Donnie with 90 locations – opened Mexican restaurant Flecha Cantina in Las Vegas, Nevada almost two months ago.

On Wednesday evening emergency services rushed to the venue after flames engulfed the outdoor patio, with videos on social media showing the blaze as firetrucks arrived on the scene and quickly reacted to put out the flames.

The Clark County Fire Department had responded to reports of the fire at around 5:30pm, with the sprinklers activating.

By the time they arrived, restaurant staff had ensured the building was fully evacuated.

A spokesperson for the eatery revealed the cause of the blaze was ‘a defective fire pit’ which caught fire from the bottom.

They added in a statement to People: ‘The fire crew came and put it out right …