VIDEO: A fire burned through a strip mall overnight in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, damaging several businesses.
The flames broke out around 2:40 a.m. Friday on Fair Lawn Avenue near Chandler Drive. Firefighters had it under control by 6 a.m. Officials say the fire started inside the Green Dragon restaurant and spread through the complex, which houses a barbershop, bakery and several other restaurants.
"Like one-by-one -- first, the barbershop, then, Roadhouse the restaurant, then Zadie's the bakery," one witness said on the scene. "It was kind of a progression of it getting worse and worse."
The flames caused extensive damage, causing a portion of the roof to collapse. "The fire caused widespread damage to all the businesses located in the strip mall," the Fair Lawn Fire Department said in a statement.