The fire started in the kitchen of the Thirsty Camel restaurant, officials said. Crews were able to bring the massive fire under control.

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Fire-Rescue crews responded to a two-alarm fire at an Ocean View restaurant overnight.

The call came in around 1:47 a.m. in the 300 block of Ocean View Avenue.

The fire started in the kitchen of the Thirsty Camel restaurant, officials said.

An employee at a 7-Eleven across the street called in the fire.

Crews were able to bring the fire under control sometime after 3:40 a.m., officials said. Crews will remain on scene to extinguish hot spots.

There was no one in the building at the time of the fire. No injuries are reported.

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Locals of the Ocean View community were stunned by the damage.

"I've been coming here for almost 40 years. I moved away and just came back and heard about it this morning so I traveled down here to see it. It's really heartbreaking," Richard Lang said.

"Thirsty Camel is very important to everyone that grew up in Willoughby. It's a landmark and there aren't many left of those in Ocean View anymore," Bill Underwood said.