A four-alarm fire tore through a Brooklyn commercial building housing three restaurants on Saturday, leaving six firefighters with minor injuries.
Flames erupted at a restaraunt in a building on North 5th Street between Bedford Avenue and Berry Street in Williamsburg just before 5:30 p.m., CBS New York reported.
Three restaurants occupy the building and were evacuated — including neighborhood staple of over 20 years, Juliette.
The blaze traveled from one restaurant into the adjoining two eateries, FDNY officials said at a press conference.
Firefighters issued a Mayday call after a smoke explosion erupted about 35 minutes into the operation, the FDNY said.
No restaurant patrons were inside of the building at the time of the explosion.
There was also a localized collapse on the roof at one point which forced firefighters to evacuate from the building before going back in to extinguish the blaze.
The massive inferno was under control around 8:30 p.m., fire officials said.
“I saw a big cloud of fire basically burst out of … the restaurant Juliette,” a witness told the outlet.
Six firefighters sustained minor injuries and were taken to local hospitals for treatment, according to the FDNY.
No other injuries were reported and the cause of the blaze is under investigation.
The Department of Buildings was on site to determine the structural integrity of the building after the blaze.
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