Flames emerge from the roof of Selera, a Malaysian restaurant in central Auckland's Newmarket.

A roof fire at a popular Malaysian restaurant in central Auckland's Newmarket sent black smoke billowing across the area.

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Fire and Emergency NZ received report of a two-storey building fire at a restaurant at the intersection of Osborne St and Khyber Pass Rd at 2.07pm, shift manager Kaisey Cook said.

Ryan Anderson/Stuff The fire at Malaysian restaurant Selera has been put out, FENZ incident controller Gary Lane said.

Upon arrival, crews upgraded the well-involved fire to a second alarm incident, meaning more resources were required.

Three crews and two aerial appliances were on the scene.

FENZ senior station officer Gary Lane said a fire in the kitchen's extraction duct climbed up the side of the building.

STUFF/CHRIS MCKEEN Firefighters had the fire under control by 2.40pm.

"We are using a cherry picker to get to the top floors and roof to assess if the fire has spread there," he said.

Incident controller Gary Lane confirmed no one was hurt: "No smoke inhalation or anything."

The situation was well under control and everyone was evacuated, he said.

Ryan Anderson/Stuff Firefighters look in at the fire from the roof.

"The fire is out and we are now just pulling it apart to make sure there are no embers burning."

An extraction fan was removing smoke from the building and there was a heavy smell of smoke in the air.

A passerby said she was at a bar a few streets over when she saw the smoke, which had "wafted" quite a few blocks.

STUFF/CHRIS MCKEEN A firefighter cleans up after working to put out the fire.

Flames could not be seen from outside the cordon on Osborne St, where people had crowded to watch the incident.