According to an employee who does not wish to be named, this decision did not go down well with the fired employee, who reportedly used a container of hot oil to burn the other employee who was not fired.

The hot liquid, however, is reported to have also injured another co-worker, who was not involved in the dispute.

While most of the other employees were tight-lipped about the incident, an eyewitness revealed that "me only see when one a de worker run out a de building and then me see two other employees come out with burns on dem face and body, mi nuh know wha happen."

When THE STAR contacted Burger King's Hope Road head office, Communication Manager Diana Blake-Bennett said it was too early for the office to comment on the incident.

"We are aware of the incident and are investigating it. A manager has been dispatched and he is travelling to Montego Bay by car, so we won't be able to comment until he arrives there," she said. "Right now, we don't know the details."

Checks made by this newspaper revealed that the matter is yet to be reported to the police.

The restaurant was closed for two hours as a result of the incident.