Brick Township firefighters work to extinguish a blaze at Villa Vittoria. (Justin Greco | Twitter@JGrec91)
By Greg Wright | For NJ.com updated July 04, 2016 at 8:25 PM
BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ — Villa Vittoria restaurant in Brick was damaged in a three-alarm blaze Monday that started with a kitchen fire, officials said.
Witnesses say all four of the township's fire departments responded to the 3:30 p.m. blaze at the Italian restaurant on Hooper Avenue. Nearby roads were closed and NJ Natural Gas was called in to shut off utilities to the building.
Justin Greco, a resident who lives nearby, said he heard the sirens and went out to investigate.
"There was lots of smoke," Greco said. "You could see some flames through the smoke."
Greco said he saw employees outside, but didn't see any customers.
Police were unable to say if any injuries had occurred.