Firefighters extinguish early morning restaurant fire

At 4.19am, Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) responded to an incident at Melton Highway, Taylors Lakes after callers to Triple Zero (000) reported a structure fire.

Crews arrived on scene within five minutes to find a restaurant shop front fully involved in fire, so the response was escalated.

Firefighters donned breathing apparatus and began attacking the fire, as well as conducting a search for occupants.

Nil persons were found.

The fire was deemed Under Control at 4.51am.

The restaurant was heavily smoke logged, so the crews ventilated and searched for fire spread to the roof, remaining on scene until the fire was fully extinguished.

The cause of the fire is not yet known but it will be investigated by FRV specialists and Victoria Police.