Restaurant catches fire in Philadelphia's Overbrook section

Fire at Italian Kitchen Pizzeria II under control: fire officials

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Flames shot up from the roof of a pizzeria in Overbrook Wednesday morning.

Images from Chopper 3 showed firefighters on the roof of Italian Kitchen Pizzeria II on North 63rd Street off Lancaster Avenue.

The Philadelphia Fire Department said they were on scene just after 5:15 a.m. and found heavy fire coming from the back of the building.

After containing flames outside, firefighters later found more fire in the HVAC units, walls and ceiling. This was brought under control after 8 a.m.

More than 65 Philadelphia Fire Department members from 22 units responded to the scene.

No injuries have been reported.

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