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Kitchen fire forces evacuation of Bella's restaurant in South Tampa

 
Published Sept. 13, 2016

A popular South Tampa restaurant was evacuated Monday night after a fire broke out in the kitchen.

Fire crews, responding to the fire at Bella's Italian Cafe, 1413 S Howard Ave. around 10:40, found the fire that originated in the vent system for the pizza oven.

The fire was under control in about 40 minutes, fire officials said, and no injuries were reported.

Damage estimates were not immediately available.