Pizzeria fire in Philly's Overbrook section entigushed after 3 hours

A fire in a restaurant in Philadelphia's Overbrook neighborhood filled the air over the city with smoke early Wednesday.

It was finally extinguished after dozens of firefighters worked for about three hours.

SkyForce10 caught images at about 7 a.m. of firefighters working to extinguish a fire at Italian Kitchen Pizzeria II on the 2000 block of N. 63rd Street.

As NBC10 arrived at the scene around 5:30 a.m., a fire there had seemingly been extinguished only to reignite about an hour later.

At 9:39 a.m., the Philadelphia Fire Department posted on social media that the fire had finally been extinguished after three hours of work from more than 65 firefighters.

This is a breaking news story. It will be updated as new information becomes available.

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