Fire at Fire Works Pizza in Courthouse

Fire Works Pizza in Courthouse is temporarily closed due to a fire Saturday afternoon.

The fire broke out around 1:30 p.m. at the restaurant, near the corner of Clarendon Blvd and N. Adams Street, but the flames were mostly confined to the kitchen and the restaurant’s duct work and exhaust system, which extends to the roof.

Roads around the restaurant, which is located on the ground floor of a Residence Inn hotel, were closed for more than an hour as firefighters worked to extinguish the fire inside the duct work. Smoke could be seen coming from the roof as firefighters arrived.

Fire Works remained closed as firefighters packed up. A county health inspector and building inspector were called to the scene to evaluate the damage, though no serious damage could be seen through the restaurant’s windows.

No injuries were reported.

More from the Arlington County Fire Department:

#Update: Units are actively fighting fire in a restaurant kitchen that has spread into the exhaust system duct work. RIT Level I is en route. pic.twitter.com/rGNxCa7fwZ

— Arlington Fire (@ArlingtonVaFD) January 26, 2019

#FinalUpdate: Units have flowed water from the roof all the way down to the 1st floor restaurant through the duct work. All fire in the duct work and restaurant is out. Health inspector has been dispatched to check restaurant. Fire Marshal will be investigating the cause. pic.twitter.com/FSFYc8YOXy

— Arlington Fire (@ArlingtonVaFD) January 26, 2019

Photo (top) courtesy @samerfarha