The Green Olive restaurant destroyed in Hegewisch fire

A fire ripped through a restaurant early Friday in the Hegewisch neighborhood on the Far South Side.

Firefighters responded to the fire shortly after midnight at The Green Olive restaurant at 13501 S. Avenue N, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Curtis Hudson said.

The department initially approached the fire defensively as it expanded, but eventually regained control and extinguished it, Hudson said.

There were no reported injuries, according to Hudson.