HOLLYWOOD, FLA. (WSVN) - A Flanigan’s restaurant was forced to shut down indefinitely after it caught fire in Hollywood.

Hollywood Fire Rescue responded to the scene of the two-alarm fire inside the kitchen of the Flanigan’s located at 2505 N University Drive, just before 1 p.m., Wednesday.

“It was total mass confusion,” said Richard Solomon, who works nearby. “I don’t think they knew anything was going on. When I saw the flames on the roof, I knew people had to get out of there.”

Solomon was working at a car wash next door when the fire erupted. He filmed cellphone video showing flames and dark smoke coming from the roof.

“The whole roof’s on fire,” he’s heard saying in the video.

A City of Miami firefighter who was sitting down for lunch helped everybody evacuate safely. Nearly two dozen rescue trucks helped put out the blaze.

“The smoke actually banked down very quickly, generated from the kitchen,” Miami firefighter Jesus Herrera said. “It was a split second that we had to actually evacuate everybody from Flanigan’s.”

Only one northbound lane is getting by on University Drive near Sheridan Street as officials continue to investigate.

“God puts people in the way of things,” said Solomon, speaking on the Miami firefighter. “Thank God he was there.”

Officials said the city sent an inspector to the restaurant to assess the damage. It remains unclear when the restaurant will reopen.

None of the nearly two dozen customers inside were injured.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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