According to fire officials, the alarm was raised at 12:35 p.m. Friday in the one-story restaurant on East Park Avenue, with Long Beach firefighters responding and receiving mutual aid from Freeport, Inwood, Lawrence-Cedarhurst, Oceanside, Point Lookout-Lido and Woodmere fire departments. That 50-person corps was able to bring the fire under control in about 30 minutes with no reported injuries, officials said.
In the aftermath of the fire, the Long Beach building department is investigating the building where the blaze took place while the county fire marshal and NCPD arson/bomb squad are investigating the cause of the fire, officials said.