A woman who crawled into a storage area on top of the roof of a Canoga Park restaurant and refused to come out early Sunday prompted a rescue effort from Los Angeles firefighters.

The rescuers eventually coaxed the woman out to safety, said Amy Bastman, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Bastman said the woman appeared to be suffering from a mental health emergency. She was examined by paramedics at the scene, who later took her to a local hospital.

The incident began at around 6:34 a.m. when someone called 9-1-1 to report the woman who had made her way to the roof of a one-story restaurant attached to a motel in the 7100 block of North De Soto Avenue.

Despite initial reports from the scene, the woman did not threaten to jump, Bastman said. But she did enter a room on the roof and would not come out until firefighters arrived.

There were no reports of injuries to the woman during the incident. She was taken into custody and was being evaluated, Bastman said.