Crime & Safety
Fire Destroys Philadelphia Restaurant Friday Morning: Reports
A Philadelphia firefighters battled an all-hands fire at a restaurant early Friday morning for about two and a half hours in frigid cold.
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia restaurant was destroyed in a fire early Friday morning, according to first responders and news reports.
The fire broke out at about 3:54 a.m. at Whitaker and East Hunting Park avenues, according to the Philadelphia Fire Department.
Action News reports the structure that caught fire was the Bella Vista Restaurant and Nightclub in North Philadelphia.
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By 4:04 a.m., all hands were deployed to the blaze.
NBC10 footage showed the facility engulfed in flames as firefighters worked to extinguish the fire.
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The fire was eventually placed under control 6:26 a.m., according to the fire department.
It's unclear what led to the fire.
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