The Avenues Mall is owned by Kuwait-listed Mabanee, which has interests in real estate, construction and investment.
Mabanee said in a statement that the fire affected only the storage room where it broke out and would not slow the mall expansion project, which is in its fourth phase.
Opened in 2007, The Avenues is the largest shopping mall in Kuwait with over 800 stores, according to its website.
Workers on the construction site told Reuters the fire had broken out earlier on Thursday at a storage facility for building materials. They said no construction workers had been injured.
The commercial part of The Avenues Mall was operating as normal on Thursday, with no disruption to shoppers, according to a Reuters reporter at the scene.
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